H.B. No. 2604

	AN ACT
	relating to a concealed handgun license application that is
	submitted by a peace officer or a member of the state military
	forces.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.1991, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and
	(a-2) to read as follows:
	(a)  A person who is licensed as a peace officer under
	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, and [is] 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 a peace officer [The person] shall
	submit to the department [two complete sets of legible and
	classifiable fingerprints and a sworn statement of the head of the
	law enforcement agency employing the applicant. A head of a law
	enforcement agency 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 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 [whether the
	applicant has been accused of misconduct at any time during the
	applicant's period of employment with the agency and the
	disposition of that accusation;
	[(3)     a description of the physical and mental
	condition of the applicant;
	[(4)     a list of the types of weapons the applicant has
	demonstrated proficiency with during the preceding year; and
	[(5)     a recommendation from the agency head that a
	license be issued to the person under this subchapter].
	(a-2)  The department shall adopt rules regarding the
	information required to be included in an application submitted by
	a member of the Texas military forces under this section.
	(b)  The department may issue a license under this subchapter
	to an applicant under this section if the [statement from the head
	of the law enforcement agency employing the] applicant complies
	with Subsection (a-1) or rules adopted under Subsection (a-2), as
	applicable [(a) and indicates that the applicant is qualified and
	physically and mentally fit to carry a handgun].
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun that is
	submitted to the Department of Public Safety on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2604 was passed by the House on April
	16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2604 was passed by the Senate on May
	15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor