By Wilson H.B. No. 915
76R4703 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the applicability of certain weapons offenses to
1-3 conservators of the peace.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.15(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (a) Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to:
1-8 (1) peace officers or other conservators of the peace
1-9 and neither section prohibits a peace officer or other conservator
1-10 of the peace from carrying a weapon in this state, regardless of
1-11 whether the officer is engaged in the actual discharge of the
1-12 officer's duties while carrying the weapon;
1-13 (2) parole officers and neither section prohibits an
1-14 officer from carrying a weapon in this state if the officer is:
1-15 (A) engaged in the actual discharge of the
1-16 officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
1-17 (B) in compliance with policies and procedures
1-18 adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the
1-19 possession of a weapon by an officer while on duty;
1-20 (3) community supervision and corrections department
1-21 officers appointed or employed under Section 76.004, Government
1-22 Code, and neither section prohibits an officer from carrying a
1-23 weapon in this state if the officer is:
1-24 (A) engaged in the actual discharge of the
2-1 officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
2-2 (B) authorized to carry a weapon under Section
2-3 76.0051, Government Code; or
2-4 (4) a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court
2-5 of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a
2-6 criminal district court, a constitutional county court, a statutory
2-7 county court, a justice court, or a municipal court who is licensed
2-8 to carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
2-9 Government Code [Article 4413(29ee), Revised Statutes].
2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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.