Bill Text: TX HB3706 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a license to carry a handgun for active and retired railroad peace officers and for special rangers of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3706 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3706-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a license to carry a handgun for active and retired railroad peace officers and for special rangers of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3706 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3706-Introduced.html
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By: Dean | H.B. No. 3706 |
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relating to a license to carry a handgun for active and retired | ||
railroad peace officers and special cattle rangers; authorizing a | ||
fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 411.1995 and 411.1996 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 411.1995. ACTIVE RAILROAD PEACE OFFICERS AND SPECIAL | ||
CATTLE RANGERS. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Railroad peace officer" means an officer | ||
appointed by the director of the department under Article 2.121, | ||
Code of Criminal Procedure, who holds a certificate of authority | ||
issued by the director under that article and a railroad peace | ||
officer license issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. | ||
(2) "Special cattle ranger" means a special ranger | ||
appointed by the director of the department under Article 2.125, | ||
Code of Criminal Procedure, who holds a certificate of authority | ||
issued by the director under that article and a special ranger | ||
license issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. | ||
(b) A person who is employed as a railroad peace officer or | ||
special cattle ranger may apply for a license to carry a handgun | ||
under this subchapter. | ||
(c) An applicant shall submit to the department: | ||
(1) the name of the applicant; | ||
(2) a current copy of the applicant's railroad peace | ||
officer license or special ranger license, as applicable; and | ||
(3) evidence of employment as a railroad peace officer | ||
or special cattle ranger, as applicable. | ||
(d) An applicant under this section who complies with | ||
Subsection (c) and the other requirements of this subchapter is not | ||
required to complete the handgun proficiency course described by | ||
Section 411.188 to obtain a license under this subchapter. | ||
(e) The department shall waive any fee required for a | ||
license issued under this subchapter to an applicant under this | ||
section. | ||
(f) A license issued under this section expires as provided | ||
by Section 411.183. | ||
Sec. 411.1996. RETIRED RAILROAD PEACE OFFICERS AND SPECIAL | ||
CATTLE RANGERS. (a) In this section, "railroad peace officer" and | ||
"special cattle ranger" have the meanings assigned by Section | ||
411.1995. | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, a person is considered to | ||
be honorably retired from service as a railroad peace officer or | ||
special cattle ranger if the person did not retire in lieu of | ||
disciplinary action and: | ||
(1) retired after not less than a total of 15 years of | ||
service; or | ||
(2) separated from service after a period of less than | ||
15 years as a result of an injury received in the course of the | ||
applicant's employment. | ||
(c) The person shall submit two complete sets of legible and | ||
classifiable fingerprints and a sworn statement from the | ||
applicant's former employer. The applicant's former employer may | ||
not refuse to issue a statement under this subsection. If the | ||
applicant alleges that the statement is untrue, the department | ||
shall investigate the validity of the statement. The statement | ||
must include: | ||
(1) the name of the applicant; | ||
(2) the status of the applicant before retirement; | ||
(3) whether or not the applicant was accused of | ||
misconduct at the time of the retirement; | ||
(4) the physical and mental condition of the | ||
applicant; | ||
(5) the type of weapons the applicant had demonstrated | ||
proficiency with during the last year of employment; and | ||
(6) a recommendation from the employer regarding the | ||
issuance of a license under this subchapter. | ||
(d) The department may issue a license under this subchapter | ||
to an applicant under this section if the applicant is honorably | ||
retired and physically and emotionally fit to possess a handgun. | ||
(e) An applicant under this section must pay a fee of $25 for | ||
a license issued under this subchapter. | ||
(f) A license issued under this section expires as provided | ||
by Section 411.183. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 411.175, Government Code, is amended to | ||
correct a cross-reference and is further amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 411.175. PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING FINGERPRINTS. The | ||
department shall establish procedures for the submission of legible | ||
and classifiable fingerprints by an applicant for a license under | ||
this subchapter who: | ||
(1) is required to submit those fingerprints to the | ||
department, including an applicant under Section 411.199, | ||
411.1996, [ |
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(2) resides in a county having a population of 46,000 | ||
or less and does not reside within a 25-mile radius of a facility | ||
with the capability to process digital or electronic fingerprints. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |