Bill Text: TX SB2320 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing county commissioners who hold a license to carry a handgun to carry the handgun on the premises of a government court or an office utilized by a court and the form of the handgun licenses issued to county commissioners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2320 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2320-Introduced.html
| 86R11582 TSS-D | ||
| By: Creighton | S.B. No. 2320 | |
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| relating to authorizing county commissioners who hold a license to | ||
| carry a handgun to carry the handgun on the premises of a government | ||
| court or an office utilized by a court and the form of the handgun | ||
| licenses issued to county commissioners. | ||
| 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, [ |
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| prosecuting attorney, or county commissioner, as described by | ||
| Section 46.15(a)(4), (6), or (7) or (h), 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, | ||
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| procedure, the department shall require sufficient documentary | ||
| evidence to establish the license holder's status under this | ||
| subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) Section 46.03(a)(3) does not apply to a county | ||
| commissioner who: | ||
| (1) carries a handgun; and | ||
| (2) is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter | ||
| H, Chapter 411, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 411.179(c), Government Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original, | ||
| duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under | ||
| Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act, | ||
| who submits the application on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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 | ||
| was committed before that date. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
