#  88(R) SB 599 - Engrossed version - Bill Text 

 

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Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district clerk.

<https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00599E.htm>

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|  | By: Birdwell, Bettencourt | S.B. No. 599 |
|  | Hughes |

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|  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|  | AN ACT |
|  | relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district |
|  | clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district clerk. |
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|  | SECTION 1. 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 district clerk, as a |
|  | supervision officer as defined by Article 42A.001, 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 2. The heading to Section 411.201, Government Code, |
|  | is amended to read as follows: |
|  | Sec. 411.201. ACTIVE AND RETIRED JUDICIAL OFFICERS; CERTAIN |
|  | COURT OFFICERS. |
|  | 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 an applicant who meets the |
|  | requirements of this section for an active judicial officer and who |
|  | is a United States attorney or an assistant United States attorney, |
|  | \[or to\] an attorney elected or employed to represent the state in |
|  | the prosecution of felony cases, or a district clerk \[who meets the |
|  | requirements of this section for an active judicial officer\]. 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, or a |
|  | district clerk. |
|  | SECTION 4. 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 or other |
|  | qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined by 18 U.S.C. |
|  | Section 926C, 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 an honorably retired peace officer or other qualified |
|  | retired law enforcement officer; |
|  | (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; |
|  | (9) a juvenile probation officer who is authorized to |
|  | carry a firearm under Section 142.006, Human Resources Code; \[or\] |
|  | (10) a person who is volunteer emergency services |
|  | personnel if the person is: |
|  | (A) carrying a handgun under the authority of |
|  | Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code; and |
|  | (B) engaged in providing emergency services; or |
|  | (11)  a district clerk who is carrying a handgun the |
|  | district clerk is licensed to carry under Subchapter H, Chapter |
|  | 411, Government Code. |
|  | SECTION 5. Sections 411.1882(a) and 411.201(h), Government |
|  | Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for a |
|  | license to carry a handgun submitted on or after the effective date |
|  | of this Act. An application submitted before the effective date of |
|  | this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
|  | application was submitted, and the former law is continued in |
|  | effect for that purpose. |
|  | SECTION 6. Section 46.15, Penal Code, as amended by this |
|  | Act, 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 |
|  | occurred before that date. |
|  | SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |

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