By: Seliger  S.B. No. 1303
         (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2009; March 17, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 8, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
  Nays 0; April 8, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the requirement that certain state and local
  governmental entities designate a firearms proficiency officer and
  require weapons proficiency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 1701.355, Occupations
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An agency that employs one or more [at least two] peace
  officers shall designate a firearms proficiency officer and require
  each peace officer the agency employs to demonstrate weapons
  proficiency to the firearms proficiency officer at least annually.
  The agency shall maintain records of the weapons proficiency of the
  agency's peace officers.
         SECTION 2.  A law enforcement agency affected by the change
  in law made by this Act shall designate a firearms proficiency
  officer not later than March 1, 2010.  For purposes of this section,
  a state or local governmental entity that employs one or more peace
  officers is a law enforcement agency.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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