Bill Text: TX SB263 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the handgun proficiency required to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 9)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB263 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB263-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 263 | ||
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| relating to the handgun proficiency required to obtain or renew a | ||
| license to carry a handgun. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 411.188(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The director by rule shall establish minimum standards | ||
| for handgun proficiency and shall develop a course to teach handgun | ||
| proficiency and examinations to measure handgun proficiency. The | ||
| course to teach handgun proficiency is required for each person who | ||
| seeks to obtain a license and must contain training sessions | ||
| divided into two parts. One part of the course must be classroom | ||
| instruction and the other part must be range instruction and an | ||
| actual demonstration by the applicant of the applicant's ability to | ||
| safely and proficiently use a handgun. An applicant must be able to | ||
| demonstrate, at a minimum, the degree of proficiency that is | ||
| required to effectively operate a handgun [ |
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| requirements, and examinations on request to any qualified handgun | ||
| instructor. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an application to obtain or renew 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. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 263 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 263 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
