Amend CSHB 3477 as follows:                                                  

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 	the bill and renumber the other SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
	SECTION ___.  Subchapter H, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, 
is amended by adding Section 1701.358 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1701.358.  WEAPONS PROFICIENCY FOR CERTAIN RETIRED 
SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS.  (a)  This section applies only to a criminal 
investigator of the United States designated as a special 
investigator under Article 2.122(1) or (5), Code of Criminal 
Procedure.
	(b)  The head of a state or local law enforcement agency may 
allow an honorably retired special investigator to whom this 
section applies an opportunity to demonstrate biennially weapons 
proficiency if the retired investigator provides to the agency a 
sworn affidavit stating that:
		(1)  the investigator honorably retired after not less 
than 20 years of service as a commissioned special investigator;
		(2)  the investigator's license as a commissioned 
special investigator was not revoked or suspended for any period 
during the investigator's term of service as a commissioned special 
investigator; and
		(3)  the investigator has no psychological or physical 
disability that would interfere with the investigator's proper 
handling of a handgun.
	(c)  The agency shall issue a certificate of proficiency to a 
retired investigator who satisfactorily demonstrates weapons 
proficiency under Subsection (b).  The agency shall maintain 
records of any retired investigator who holds a certificate issued 
under this section.
	(d)  A certificate issued under this section expires on the 
second anniversary of the date the certificate was issued.
	(e)  The head of a state or local law enforcement agency may 
set and collect fees to recover the expenses the agency incurs in 
performing duties under this section.
	(f)  A certificate issued under this section may be used to 
satisfy the requirements of Section 411.188, Government Code.
	SECTION ___.  Section 46.15(a), Penal Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	(a)  Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to:                                 
		(1)  peace officers and neither section prohibits a 
peace officer from carrying a weapon in this state, regardless of 
whether the officer is engaged in the actual discharge of the 
officer's duties while carrying the weapon;
		(2)  parole officers and neither section prohibits an 
officer from carrying a weapon in this state if the officer is:
			(A)  engaged in the actual discharge of the 
officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
			(B)  in compliance with policies and procedures 
adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the 
possession of a weapon by an officer while on duty;
		(3)  community supervision and corrections department 
officers appointed or employed under Section 76.004, Government 
Code, and neither section prohibits an officer from carrying a 
weapon in this state if the officer is:
			(A)  engaged in the actual discharge of the 
officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
			(B)  authorized to carry a weapon under Section 
76.0051, Government Code; [or]
		(4)  a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court 
of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a 
criminal district court, a constitutional county court, a statutory 
county court, a justice court, or a municipal court who is licensed 
to carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, 
Government Code; or
		(5)  an honorably retired special investigator who 
holds a certificate of proficiency issued under Section 1701.358, 
Occupations Code, and a license to carry a concealed handgun issued 
under Section 411.199, Government Code.
	SECTION __.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
411.195, Government Code, applies only to a renewal that occurs on 
or after the effective date of this Act.  A renewal that occurs 
before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in 
effect on the date of the renewal, and the former law is continued 
in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION __.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.