Amend CSSB 1952 by adding an appropriately numbered ARTICLE 
to read as follows and renumbering existing articles accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  CARRYING OF WEAPONS BY CERTAIN

OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS
	SECTION ____.01.  Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to:                                 
		(1)  peace officers, including commissioned peace 
officers of a recognized state, or special investigators under 
Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, and neither section 
prohibits a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a 
weapon in this state, including in an establishment in this state 
serving the public, regardless of whether the peace officer or 
special investigator is engaged in the actual discharge of the 
officer's or investigator'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.
	(g)  In this section, "recognized state" means another state 
with which the attorney general of this state, with the approval of 
the governor of this state, negotiated an agreement after 
determining that the other state:
		(1)  has firearm proficiency requirements for peace 
officers; and    
		(2)  fully recognizes the right of peace officers 
commissioned in this state to carry weapons in the other state.
	SECTION ____.02.  The change in law made by this article 
applies only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2003.  
An offense committed before September 1, 2003, is covered by the 
law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section, 
an offense was committed before September 1, 2003, if any element 
of the offense was committed before that date.