By: Perry  S.B. No. 264          (In the Senate - Filed November 30, 2016; January 30, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;   March 22, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 22, 2017,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 264 By:  Creighton     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to an application made by a county jailer or state   correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Sections 411.1993 and 411.1994 to read as   follows:          Sec. 411.1993.  COUNTY JAILERS. (a)   In this section,   "county jailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.001,   Occupations Code.          (b)  A county jailer who holds a county jailer license issued   under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, may apply for a license under   this subchapter.          (c)  An applicant under this section who is a county jailer   shall submit to the department:                (1)  the name and job title of the applicant;                (2)  a current copy of the applicant's county jailer   license and evidence of employment as a county jailer; and                (3)  evidence that the applicant has satisfactorily   completed the preparatory training program required under Section   1701.310, Occupations Code, including the demonstration of weapons   proficiency required as part of the training program under Section   1701.307 of that code.          (d)  The department may issue a license under this subchapter   to an applicant under this section if the applicant complies with   Subsection (c) and meets all other requirements of this subchapter,   except that the applicant is not required to complete the range   instruction part of the handgun proficiency course described by   Section 411.188.          (e)  A license issued to an applicant under this section   expires as provided by Section 411.183.          Sec. 411.1994.  STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. (a)  A   correctional officer of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice   may apply for a license under this subchapter.          (b)  An applicant under this section shall submit to the   department:                (1)  the name and job title of the applicant;                (2)  evidence of employment as a correctional officer   of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and                (3)  evidence that the applicant has satisfactorily   completed the correctional officer training program offered by the   Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including a demonstration of   weapons proficiency.          (c)  The department may issue a license under this subchapter   to an applicant under this section if the applicant complies with   Subsection (b) and meets all other requirements of this subchapter,   except that the applicant is not required to complete the range   instruction part of the handgun proficiency course described by   Section 411.188.          (e)  A license issued to an applicant under this section   expires as provided by Section 411.183.          SECTION 2.  Section 411.1952, Government Code, is   transferred to Section 411.1994, Government Code, as added by this   Act, redesignated as Subsection (d) of that section, and amended to   read as follows:          (d)  An [Sec.   411.1952.     REDUCTION OF FEES FOR EMPLOYEES OF   TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.   Notwithstanding any other   provision of this subchapter, an] applicant under this section must   [who is a correctional officer of the Texas Department of Criminal   Justice shall] pay a fee of $25 for the issuance of an original or   renewed license under this subchapter.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a license issued on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *