78R19421 KEL-D

Suspending limitations on conference committee

jurisdiction, S.B. No. 103







By:  Van de Putte                                     S.R. No. 1033


R E S O L U T I O N
	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.