86R11582 TSS-D
 
  By: Creighton S.B. No. 2320
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing county commissioners who hold a license to
  carry a handgun to carry the handgun on the premises of a government
  court or an office utilized by a court and the form of the handgun
  licenses issued to county commissioners.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.179(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  In adopting the form of the license under Subsection
  (a), the department shall establish a procedure for the license of a
  qualified handgun instructor or of the attorney general or a judge,
  justice, United States attorney, assistant United States attorney,
  assistant attorney general, prosecuting attorney, [or] assistant
  prosecuting attorney, or county commissioner, as described by
  Section 46.15(a)(4), (6), or (7) or (h), Penal Code, to indicate on
  the license the license holder's status as a qualified handgun
  instructor or as the attorney general or a judge, justice, United
  States attorney, assistant United States attorney, assistant
  attorney general, district attorney, criminal district attorney,
  [or] county attorney, or county commissioner. In establishing the
  procedure, the department shall require sufficient documentary
  evidence to establish the license holder's status under this
  subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  Section 46.03(a)(3) does not apply to a county
  commissioner who:
               (1)  carries a handgun; and
               (2)  is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter
  H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
         SECTION 3.  Section 411.179(c), Government Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original,
  duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under
  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act,
  who submits the application on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 4.  Section 46.15, Penal Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective
  date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of
  this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was
  committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
  before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
  was committed before that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.