1-1 By: Carter (Senate Sponsor - Staples) H.B. No. 2784
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
1-3 May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
1-4 Justice; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to recordkeeping pertaining to incidents involving persons
1-9 licensed to carry a handgun.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 411.047, Government Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 411.047. REPORTING RELATED TO CONCEALED HANDGUN
1-14 INCIDENTS. (a) The department may [shall] maintain statistics on
1-15 its website related to responses by law enforcement agencies to
1-16 incidents in which a person licensed to carry a handgun under
1-17 Subchapter H is convicted of an offense only if the offense is
1-18 prohibited under Subchapter H or under Title 5, Chapter 29, Chapter
1-19 46, or Section 30.02 [46.035], Penal Code.
1-20 (b) Such statistics shall be drawn and reported annually
1-21 from the Department of Public Safety computerized criminal history
1-22 file on persons 21 years of age and older and shall be compared in
1-23 numerical and graphical format to all like offenses committed in
1-24 the state for the reporting period as a percentage of the total of
1-25 such reported offenses.
1-26 (c) The department by rule shall adopt procedures for local
1-27 law enforcement to make reports to the department described by
1-28 Subsection (a).
1-29 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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