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House Bill 1552 |
House Author: Paul et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Schwertner |
House Bill 1552 amends the Government Code, Occupations Code, and Penal Code to require the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to develop and administer a basic training program in the use of firearms by county jailers and to issue a certificate of firearms proficiency to each county jailer that successfully completes the program. A county jailer with such a certificate must maintain and demonstrate continued weapons proficiency at least annually. Contingent on maintaining that proficiency, the county jailer is authorized to carry a firearm during the course of performing duties and while traveling to or from the jailer's place of assignment.
House Bill 1552 revises provisions pertaining to the weapons proficiency of and the carrying of a handgun by certain law enforcement officers and brings those provisions into alignment with federal law applicable to a qualified retired law enforcement officer who is entitled to carry a concealed firearm.