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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that certain state and local |
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governmental entities designate a firearms proficiency officer and |
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require weapons proficiency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 1701.355, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An agency that employs one or more [at least two] peace |
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officers shall designate a firearms proficiency officer and require |
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each peace officer the agency employs to demonstrate weapons |
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proficiency to the firearms proficiency officer at least annually. |
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The agency shall maintain records of the weapons proficiency of the |
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agency's peace officers. |
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SECTION 2. A law enforcement agency affected by the change |
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in law made by this Act shall designate a firearms proficiency |
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officer not later than March 1, 2010. For purposes of this section, |
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a state or local governmental entity that employs one or more peace |
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officers is a law enforcement agency. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1303 passed the Senate on |
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April 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1303 passed the House on |
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May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |