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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to the handgun proficiency examination required for a  | 
      
      
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        security officer commission. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 1702.1685(c), Occupations Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (c)  An applicant for a security officer commission must  | 
      
      
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        demonstrate the required proficiency not earlier than the 90th day  | 
      
      
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        [within the 90-day period] before the date the application for the  | 
      
      
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        security officer commission is submitted [issued]. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only  | 
      
      
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        to an application for an original or renewal security officer  | 
      
      
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        commission that is submitted on or after the effective date of this  | 
      
      
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        Act.  An application submitted before the effective date of this Act  | 
      
      
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        is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was  | 
      
      
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        submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that  | 
      
      
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        purpose. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |