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Amend CSHB 2730 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.2055 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.2055. LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF LICENSING
INFORMATION TO PEACE OFFICER. (a) The department by rule shall
establish a procedure by which a peace officer who provides the
department with a person's driver's license number, personal
identification certificate number, or vehicle license plate number
as part of a motor vehicle stop or other law enforcement inquiry is
prohibited from receiving information from the department as to
whether the person is the holder of a license issued under this
subchapter unless the officer indicates that the information is
necessary for proper law enforcement purposes related to the
person's possession or carrying of a handgun.
(b) In adopting rules under Subsection (a), the department
shall describe specifically those situations in which information
relating to whether a particular person is a license holder is
necessary for proper law enforcement purposes related to the
person's possession or carrying of a handgun.
SECTION ____. As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall adopt the
rules required by Section 411.2055, Government Code, as added by
this Act.