Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. No. 103
By: Van de Putte S.R. No. 1033
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:
Senate Rule 12.03(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.
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on June 1, 2003, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate