Amend HB 3784 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 411.1881(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a person may not be required to complete the range instruction portion of a handgun proficiency course to obtain a license issued under this subchapter if the person:

(1)  is currently serving in or is honorably discharged from:

(A)  the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States or an auxiliary service or reserve unit of one of those branches of the armed forces; or

(B)  the Texas military forces, as defined by Section 437.001; and

(2)  has, within the 10 [five] years preceding the date of the person's application for the license, completed as part of the person's service with the armed forces or Texas military forces:

(A)  a course of training in firearm [handgun] proficiency or familiarization; or

(B)  a range qualification process for firearm usage [as part of the person's service with the armed forces or Texas military forces].

SECTION ____.  Not later than December 1, 2017, the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety shall adopt the forms and procedures required by Section 411.1881, Government Code, as amended by this Act.

SECTION ____.  The change in law made by this Act in amending Section 411.1881, Government Code, applies only to an application to obtain a license to carry a handgun submitted on or after December 1, 2017. An application submitted before December 1, 2017, is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.