By Carter H.B. No. 2784
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to recordkeeping pertaining to incidents involving persons
1-3 licensed to carry a handgun.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 411.047, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 411.047. REPORTING RELATED TO CONCEALED HANDGUN
1-8 INCIDENTS. (a) The department may [shall] maintain statistics on
1-9 its website related to responses by law enforcement agencies to
1-10 incidents in which a person licensed to carry a handgun under
1-11 Subchapter H is convicted of an offense only if the offense is
1-12 prohibited under Subchapter H or under Title 5, Chapter 29, Chapter
1-13 46, or Section 30.02 [46.035], Penal Code.
1-14 (b) Such statistics shall be drawn and reported annually
1-15 from the Department of Public Safety computerized criminal history
1-16 file on persons 21 years of age and older and shall be compared in
1-17 numerical and graphical format to all like offenses committed in
1-18 the state for the reporting period as a percentage of the total of
1-19 such reported offenses.
1-20 (c) The department by rule shall adopt procedures for local
1-21 law enforcement to make reports to the department described by
1-22 Subsection (a).
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.