By: Taylor of Collin	S.B. No. 138
	(In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 25, 2017,
	read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	March 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; March 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the exemption from range instruction for certain
	persons applying to obtain a license to carry a handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.1881(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
	a person may not be required to complete the range instruction
	portion of a handgun proficiency course to obtain a license issued
	under this subchapter if the person:
	(1)  is currently serving in or is honorably discharged
	from:
	(A)  the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or
	marine corps of the United States or an auxiliary service or reserve
	unit of one of those branches of the armed forces; or
	(B)  the Texas military forces, as defined by
	Section 437.001; and
	(2)  has, within the 10 [five] years preceding the date
	of the person's application for the license, completed as part of
	the person's service with the armed forces or Texas military
	forces:
	(A)  a course of training in firearm [handgun]
	proficiency or familiarization; or
	(B)  a range qualification process for firearm
	usage [as part of the person's service with the armed forces or
	Texas military forces].
	SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2017, the director of
	the Department of Public Safety shall adopt the forms and
	procedures required by Section 411.1881, Government Code, as
	amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application to obtain a license to carry a handgun submitted
	on or after December 1, 2017. An application submitted before
	December 1, 2017, is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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