By Holzheauser H.B. No. 3486 75R7542 PEP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the right of certain licensed peace officers to carry a 1-3 concealed handgun. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 4413(29ee), Revised Statutes, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 28A to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 28A. ACTIVE PEACE OFFICERS. (a) A person who is 1-8 licensed as a peace officer under Chapter 415, Government Code, and 1-9 is employed full time as a peace officer by a law enforcement 1-10 agency may apply for a license under this article. The person 1-11 shall submit to the department two complete sets of legible and 1-12 classifiable fingerprints and a sworn statement of the head of the 1-13 law enforcement agency employing the applicant. The statement must 1-14 include: 1-15 (1) the name and rank of the applicant; 1-16 (2) whether the applicant has been accused of 1-17 misconduct at any time during the applicant's period of employment 1-18 with the agency and the disposition of that accusation; 1-19 (3) a description of the physical and mental condition 1-20 of the applicant; 1-21 (4) a list of the types of weapons the applicant has 1-22 demonstrated proficiency with during the preceding year; and 1-23 (5) a recommendation from the agency head that a 1-24 license be issued to the person under this article. 2-1 (b) The department may issue a license under this article to 2-2 an applicant under this section if the statement from the head of 2-3 the law enforcement agency employing the applicant complies with 2-4 Subsection (a) of this section and indicates that the applicant is 2-5 qualified and physically and mentally fit to carry a handgun. 2-6 (c) An applicant under this section shall pay a fee of $25 2-7 for a license issued under this article. 2-8 (d) A license issued under this section expires as provided 2-9 by Section 9 of this article. 2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.