81R11146 GCB-D
 
  By: Homer H.B. No. 2791
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain county jail guards to carry
  firearms.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 46.15(a), Penal Code, as amended by
  Chapters 1214 (H.B. 1889) and 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the 80th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to:
               (1)  peace officers or special investigators under
  Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, and neither section
  prohibits a peace officer or special investigator from carrying a
  weapon in this state, including in an establishment in this state
  serving the public, regardless of whether the peace officer or
  special investigator is engaged in the actual discharge of the
  officer's or investigator's duties while carrying the weapon;
               (2)  parole officers and neither section prohibits an
  officer from carrying a weapon in this state if the officer is:
                     (A)  engaged in the actual discharge of the
  officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
                     (B)  in compliance with policies and procedures
  adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the
  possession of a weapon by an officer while on duty;
               (3)  community supervision and corrections department
  officers appointed or employed under Section 76.004, Government
  Code, and neither section prohibits an officer from carrying a
  weapon in this state if the officer is:
                     (A)  engaged in the actual discharge of the
  officer's duties while carrying the weapon; and
                     (B)  authorized to carry a weapon under Section
  76.0051, Government Code;
               (4)  a judge or justice of a federal court, the supreme
  court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district
  court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county court, a
  statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal court who is
  licensed to carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter
  411, Government Code;
               (5)  an honorably retired peace officer or federal
  criminal investigator who holds a certificate of proficiency issued
  under Section 1701.357, Occupations Code, and is carrying a photo
  identification that:
                     (A)  verifies that the officer honorably retired
  after not less than 15 years of service as a commissioned officer;
  and
                     (B)  is issued by a state or local law enforcement
  agency;
               (6)  a district attorney, criminal district attorney,
  county attorney, or municipal attorney who is licensed to carry a
  concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
  [or]
               (7)  an assistant district attorney, assistant
  criminal district attorney, or assistant county attorney who is
  licensed to carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter
  411, Government Code;
               (8) [(7)] a bailiff designated by an active judicial
  officer as defined by Section 411.201, Government Code, who is:
                     (A)  licensed to carry a concealed handgun under
  Chapter 411, Government Code; and
                     (B)  engaged in escorting the judicial officer; or
               (9)  a county jail guard employed under Section 85.005,
  Local Government Code, who:
                     (A)  is engaged in the actual discharge of the
  guard's duties while carrying the weapon; and
                     (B)  is in compliance with any policies and
  procedures adopted by the sheriff employing the guard and the
  Commission on Jail Standards regarding the possession of a weapon
  while on duty or on the premises of the county jail.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.