78R19423 KEL-D

Suspending limitations on conference committee

jurisdiction, S.B. No. 103 (Alonzo/Van de Putte)







By:  Alonzo                                           H.R. No. 1759


R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of 
Texas, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That House Rule 13, 
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, 
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to 
resolve the differences on Senate Bill No. 103, relating to the 
carrying of weapons by peace officers and by special investigators, 
to consider and take action on the following matter:
	House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the 
committee to change text that is not in disagreement by 
substituting "a recognized state" for "another state that allows 
peace officers commissioned in Texas to carry weapons in the other 
state" in Section 46.15(a), Penal Code, and by adding a new 
Subsection (g) to that section to read as follows:
	(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.
	Explanation:  This change is necessary to enable state 
officials to evaluate on a case-by-case basis state reciprocity 
with respect to the ability of out-of-state peace officers to carry 
weapons in this state.