H.B. No. 1661




AN ACT

relating to the carrying of certain weapons by a person who holds a 
security officer commission issued by the Texas Commission on 
Private Security.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.05, Penal Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section for 
the possession of a chemical dispensing device that the actor holds 
a security officer commission issued by the Texas Commission on 
Private Security and has received training on the use of the 
chemical dispensing device by a training program that is:
		(1)  provided by the Commission on Law Enforcement 
Officer Standards and Education; or
		(2)  approved for the purposes described by this 
subsection by the Texas Commission on Private Security.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act 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 subsection, an 
offense was committed before September 1, 2003, if any element of 
the offense was committed before that date.



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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2003, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 1661 on May 30, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor