Bill Text: TX SB864 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a handgun proficiency course that is taken to obtain or renew a concealed handgun license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB864 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB864-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 864 |
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relating to a handgun proficiency course that is taken to obtain or | ||
renew a concealed handgun license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 411.185, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) To renew a license, a license holder must: | ||
(1) complete a [ |
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handgun proficiency course under Section 411.188(a) [ |
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within the six-month period preceding: | ||
(A) the date of application for renewal, for a | ||
first or second renewal; and | ||
(B) the date of application for renewal or the | ||
date of application for the preceding renewal, for a third or | ||
subsequent renewal, to ensure that the license holder is not | ||
required to complete the course more than once in any 10-year | ||
period; and | ||
(2) submit to the department: | ||
(A) an application for renewal on a form provided | ||
by the department; | ||
(B) evidence of handgun proficiency, in the form | ||
and manner required by the department; | ||
(C) payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee as set | ||
by the department; and | ||
(D) one or more photographs of the applicant that | ||
meet the requirements of the department. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsections (a), (b), and (j), Section 411.188, | ||
Government Code, are 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 or renew 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 the applicable category of | ||
handgun. An applicant must be able to demonstrate, at a minimum, | ||
the degree of proficiency that is required to effectively operate a | ||
handgun of .32 caliber or above. The department shall distribute | ||
the standards, course requirements, and examinations on request to | ||
any qualified handgun instructor. | ||
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administer the classroom instruction part or the range instruction | ||
part of the [ |
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instruction part of the [ |
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not less than four [ |
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hours of instruction on: | ||
(1) the laws that relate to weapons and to the use of | ||
deadly force; | ||
(2) handgun use[ |
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(3) nonviolent dispute resolution; and | ||
(4) proper storage practices for handguns with an | ||
emphasis on storage practices that eliminate the possibility of | ||
accidental injury to a child. | ||
(j) For license holders seeking to renew their licenses, the | ||
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instructor to offer online, the classroom instruction part of the | ||
handgun proficiency [ |
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the written section of the proficiency examination [ |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (c), Section 411.188, Government | ||
Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a concealed | ||
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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 864 passed the Senate on | ||
April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 9, 2013, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 864 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 6, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 116, | ||
Nays 30, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |