By: Miller of Comal (Senate Sponsor - Watson)	H.B. No. 2135
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
	May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;
	May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2135	By:  Whitmire

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the purchasing of a firearm of an honorably retired or
	deceased peace officer.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 614,
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER D. PURCHASE OF [AGENCY-ISSUED] FIREARM OF HONORABLY
	RETIRED OR DECEASED PEACE OFFICER
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 614, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 614.0505 to read as follows:
	Sec. 614.0505.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter,
	"governmental entity" means a state agency, a county, a
	municipality, or a joint board for which the constituent agencies
	are populous home-rule municipalities.
	SECTION 3.  Section 614.051, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 614.051.  PURCHASE OF FIREARM BY HONORABLY RETIRED
	PEACE OFFICER. (a) An individual may purchase a firearm from a
	governmental entity [state agency] if:
	(1)  the individual was a peace officer commissioned by
	the entity [agency];
	(2)  the individual was honorably retired from the
	individual's commission by the entity [state];
	(3)  the firearm had been previously issued to the
	individual by the entity [agency]; and
	(4)  the firearm is not a prohibited weapon under
	Section 46.05, Penal Code.
	(b)  An individual may purchase only one firearm from a
	governmental entity [state agency] under this section.
	SECTION 4.  Section 614.052(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  An individual listed under Subsection (b) may purchase a
	firearm from a governmental entity [state agency] if:
	(1)  the firearm had been previously issued by the
	entity [agency] to a peace officer commissioned by the entity
	[agency] who died while commissioned, without regard to whether the
	officer died while discharging the officer's official duties; and
	(2)  the firearm is not a prohibited weapon under
	Section 46.05, Penal Code.
	SECTION 5.  Section 614.053, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 614.053.  PURCHASE PRICE OF FIREARM. A governmental
	entity [state agency] shall establish the amount, which may not
	exceed fair market value, for which a firearm may be purchased under
	this subchapter.
	SECTION 6.  The heading to Section 614.054, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 614.054.  WHEN FIREARM MAY BE PURCHASED [FROM STATE
	AGENCY]; DELAY OF SALE BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY [AGENCY].
	SECTION 7.  Section 614.054(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  A governmental entity [state agency] that cannot
	immediately replace the firearm may delay the sale of the firearm
	until the entity [agency] can replace the firearm.
	SECTION 8.  Section 170.002, Local Government Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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