85R4536 ADM-D
	By: Springer	H.B. No. 3242

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to eligibility for and the revocation of a license to carry
	a handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.186(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall revoke a license under this section
	if the license holder:
	(1)  was not entitled to the license at the time it was
	issued;
	(2)  made a material misrepresentation or failed to
	disclose a material fact in an application submitted under this
	subchapter;
	(3)  subsequently becomes ineligible for a license
	under Section 411.172, unless the sole basis for the ineligibility
	is that the license holder is charged with the commission of a Class
	A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense
	under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a
	felony under an information or indictment;
	(4)  is convicted of an offense under Section 46.035,
	Penal Code;
	(5)  is determined by the department to have engaged in
	conduct constituting a reason to suspend a license listed in
	Section 411.187(a) after the person's license has been previously
	suspended twice for the same reason; [or]
	(6)  submits an application fee that is dishonored or
	reversed if the applicant fails to submit a cashier's check or money
	order made payable to the "Department of Public Safety of the State
	of Texas" in the amount of the dishonored or reversed fee, plus $25,
	within 30 days of being notified by the department that the fee was
	dishonored or reversed; or
	(7)  holds a license issued as described by Section
	411.1991(b) and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement notifies
	the department that the peace officer's license under Chapter 1701,
	Occupations Code, has been revoked or suspended.
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 411.1882, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.1882.  EVIDENCE OF HANDGUN PROFICIENCY FOR CERTAIN
	COURT PERSONNEL AND SUPERVISION OFFICERS [PERSONS].
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.189 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.189.  EVIDENCE OF HANDGUN PROFICIENCY FOR CERTAIN
	PERSONS EMPLOYED BY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF STATE. (a)
	This section applies only to a person, other than a person described
	by Section 411.1882 or a peace officer described by Section
	411.1991(a), who is employed by this state or a political
	subdivision of this state in a position that requires the person to
	obtain instruction on the use of handguns from a handgun
	proficiency instructor approved by the Texas Commission on Law
	Enforcement.
	(b)  A person described by Subsection (a) may establish
	handgun proficiency for the purposes of this subchapter by
	obtaining from the instructor 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.
	(c)  The director by rule shall adopt a procedure by which a
	person described by Subsection (b) may submit a form demonstrating
	the person's qualification for an exemption under that subsection.
	The form must provide sufficient information to allow the
	department to verify whether the person qualifies for the
	exemption.
	(d)  A license issued under this section automatically
	expires on the six-month anniversary of the date the person's
	status under Subsection (a) becomes inapplicable. A license that
	expires under this subsection may be renewed under Section 411.185.
	SECTION 4.  Section 411.1991, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a), (a-1), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection
	(e) to read as follows:
	(a)  A person who is licensed as a peace officer under
	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, [and employed as a peace officer by
	a law enforcement agency,] or who is a member of the Texas military
	forces, excluding Texas State Guard members who are serving in the
	Texas Legislature, may apply for a license under this subchapter.
	(a-1)  An applicant who is licensed as a peace officer under
	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, shall submit to the department:
	(1)  the name [and rank] of the applicant; and
	(2)  a current copy of the applicant's peace officer
	license [and evidence of employment as a peace officer].
	(b)  The department shall [may] issue a license under this
	subchapter to an applicant under this section who is a licensed
	peace officer if the applicant complies with Subsection (a-1) and
	meets all other requirements of this subchapter.  The department
	shall waive any fee required for the issuance of an original,
	duplicate, modified, or renewed license to the applicant.
	(c)  The department may issue a license under this subchapter
	to an applicant under this section who is a member of the Texas
	military forces if the applicant complies with [or] rules adopted
	under Subsection (a-2)[, as applicable].  The [(c)  An] applicant
	[under this section] shall pay a fee of $25 for a license issued
	under this subchapter.
	(e)  If otherwise eligible for a license under this
	subchapter, a peace officer whose handgun license is revoked under
	Section 411.186(a)(7) may apply, without status as a peace officer,
	for a new handgun license under Section 411.174.
	SECTION 5.  Section 1701.501, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  If the commission becomes aware of an offense committed
	by a license holder or revokes or suspends a license under this
	subchapter, the commission shall immediately notify the Department
	of Public Safety of the license holder's offense or of the
	revocation or suspension, as applicable.
	SECTION 6.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
	section, the change in law made by this Act applies only to an
	application to obtain 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 when the application was submitted, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	(b)  Section 1701.501, Occupations Code, as amended by this
	Act, applies only to a revocation or suspension of a license by the
	Texas Commission on Law Enforcement on or after the effective date
	of this Act.
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.