85R20292 ADM-D
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 1807
 
  (Metcalf)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1807:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application of certain handgun license laws to
  certain federal and state attorneys and to the authority of those
  attorneys to carry certain weapons.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.179(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  In adopting the form of the license under Subsection
  (a), the department shall establish a procedure for the license of a
  qualified handgun instructor or of the attorney general or a judge,
  justice, United States attorney, assistant United States attorney,
  assistant attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or assistant
  prosecuting attorney, as described by Section 46.15(a)(4), [or]
  (6), or (7), Penal Code, to indicate on the license the license
  holder's status as a qualified handgun instructor or as the
  attorney general or a judge, justice, United States attorney,
  assistant United States attorney, assistant attorney general,
  district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney.
  In establishing the procedure, the department shall require
  sufficient documentary evidence to establish the license holder's
  status under this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Section 411.1882(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person who is serving in this state as the attorney
  general or as a judge or justice of a federal court, as an active
  judicial officer as defined by Section 411.201, as a United States
  attorney, assistant United States attorney, assistant attorney
  general, district attorney, assistant district attorney, criminal
  district attorney, assistant criminal district attorney, county
  attorney, or assistant county attorney, as a supervision officer as
  defined by [Section 2,] Article 42A.001 [42.12], Code of Criminal
  Procedure, or as a juvenile probation officer may establish handgun
  proficiency for the purposes of this subchapter by obtaining from a
  handgun proficiency instructor approved by the Texas Commission on
  Law Enforcement for purposes of Section 1702.1675, Occupations
  Code, a sworn statement that indicates that the person, during the
  12-month period preceding the date of the person's application to
  the department, demonstrated to the instructor proficiency in the
  use of handguns.
         SECTION 3.  Section 411.201(h), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (h)  The department shall issue a license to carry a handgun
  under the authority of this subchapter to a United States attorney
  or an assistant United States attorney, or to an [elected] attorney
  elected or employed to represent [representing] the state in the
  prosecution of felony cases, who meets the requirements of this
  section for an active judicial officer. The department shall waive
  any fee required for the issuance of an original, duplicate, or
  renewed license under this subchapter for an applicant who is a
  United States attorney or an assistant United States attorney or
  who is an attorney elected or employed to represent the state in the
  prosecution of felony cases.
         SECTION 4.  Section 46.035(h-1), Penal Code, as added by
  Chapter 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
         (h-1)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsections
  (b)(1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) [(4)-(6),] and (c) that at the time
  of the commission of the offense, the actor was:
               (1)  a judge or justice of a federal court;
               (2)  an active judicial officer, as defined by Section
  411.201, Government Code; or
               (3)  the attorney general or a United States attorney,
  assistant United States attorney, assistant attorney general,
  district attorney, assistant district attorney, criminal district
  attorney, assistant criminal district attorney, county attorney,
  or assistant county attorney.
         SECTION 5.  Section 46.15(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to:
               (1)  peace officers or special investigators under
  Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, and neither section
  prohibits a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a
  weapon in this state, including in an establishment in this state
  serving the public, regardless of whether the peace officer or
  special investigator is engaged in the actual discharge of the
  officer's or investigator's duties while carrying the weapon;
               (2)  parole officers and neither section prohibits an
  officer from carrying a weapon in this state if the officer is:
                     (A)  engaged in the actual discharge of the
  officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
                     (B)  in compliance with policies and procedures
  adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the
  possession of a weapon by an officer while on duty;
               (3)  community supervision and corrections department
  officers appointed or employed under Section 76.004, Government
  Code, and neither section prohibits an officer from carrying a
  weapon in this state if the officer is:
                     (A)  engaged in the actual discharge of the
  officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
                     (B)  authorized to carry a weapon under Section
  76.0051, Government Code;
               (4)  an active judicial officer as defined by Section
  411.201, Government Code, who is licensed to carry a handgun under
  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
               (5)  an honorably retired peace officer, qualified
  retired law enforcement officer, federal criminal investigator, or
  former reserve law enforcement officer who holds a certificate of
  proficiency issued under Section 1701.357, Occupations Code, and is
  carrying a photo identification that is issued by a federal, state,
  or local law enforcement agency, as applicable, and that verifies
  that the officer is:
                     (A)  an honorably retired peace officer;
                     (B)  a qualified retired law enforcement officer;
                     (C)  a federal criminal investigator; or
                     (D)  a former reserve law enforcement officer who
  has served in that capacity not less than a total of 15 years with
  one or more state or local law enforcement agencies;
               (6)  the attorney general or a United States attorney,
  district attorney, criminal district attorney, county attorney, or
  municipal attorney who is licensed to carry a handgun under
  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
               (7)  an assistant United States attorney, assistant
  attorney general, assistant district attorney, assistant criminal
  district attorney, or assistant county attorney who is licensed to
  carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
               (8)  a bailiff designated by an active judicial officer
  as defined by Section 411.201, Government Code, who is:
                     (A)  licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter
  H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and
                     (B)  engaged in escorting the judicial officer; or
               (9)  a juvenile probation officer who is authorized to
  carry a firearm under Section 142.006, Human Resources Code.
         SECTION 6.  (a)  To the extent of any conflict, this Act
  prevails over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2017, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
  enacted codes.
         (b)  The change in law made by this Act in amending Sections
  46.035 and 46.15, Penal Code, applies only to an offense committed
  on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section,
  an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if
  any element of the offense was committed before that date.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.