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Amend HB 638 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 1701.357, Occupations 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1701.357.  WEAPONS PROFICIENCY FOR CERTAIN RETIRED 
PEACE OFFICERS AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS [CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATORS].  
	(2)  In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 
12), strike "Section 1701.357(c), Occupations Code, is" and 
substitute "Sections 1701.357(a), (c), and (h), Occupations Code, 
are".
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, insert the following between 
the recital to that SECTION and the text of amended Subsection (c), 
Section 1701.357, Occupations Code (page 1, between lines 13 and 
14):
	(a)  This section applies only to:                                             
		(1)  a peace officer; [and]                                  
		(2)  a federal criminal investigator designated as a 
special investigator under Article 2.122, Code of Criminal 
Procedure; and
		(3)  a qualified retired law enforcement officer who is 
entitled to carry a concealed firearm under 18 U.S.C. Section 926C 
and is not otherwise described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
	(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, insert the following 
immediately after the text of amended Subsection (c), Section 
1701.357, Occupations Code (page 1, between lines 32 and 33):
	(h)  The head of a state law enforcement agency may allow an 
honorably retired federal criminal investigator or a qualified 
retired law enforcement officer to whom this section applies an 
opportunity to demonstrate weapons proficiency in the same manner 
as, and subject to the same requirements applicable to, an 
honorably retired peace officer as described by this section.  The 
agency shall issue a certificate of proficiency to an honorably 
retired federal criminal investigator or a qualified retired law 
enforcement officer who otherwise meets the requirements of this 
section and shall maintain records regarding the issuance of that 
certificate.