By: Campbell	S.B. No. 864

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a handgun proficiency course that is taken to obtain or
	renew a concealed handgun license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 411.185, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  To renew a license, a license holder must:
	(1)  complete a [continuing education course in]
	handgun proficiency course under Section 411.188(a) [411.188(c)]
	within the six-month period preceding:
	(A)  the date of application for renewal, for a
	first or second renewal; and
	(B)  the date of application for renewal or the
	date of application for the preceding renewal, for a third or
	subsequent renewal, to ensure that the license holder is not
	required to complete the course more than once in any 10-year
	period; and
	(2)  submit to the department:
	(A)  an application for renewal on a form provided
	by the department;
	(B)  evidence of handgun proficiency, in the form
	and manner required by the department;
	(C)  payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee as set
	by the department; and
	(D)  one or more photographs of the applicant that
	meet the requirements of the department.
	SECTION 2.  Subsections (a), (b), and (j), Section 411.188,
	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The director by rule shall establish minimum standards
	for handgun proficiency and shall develop a course to teach handgun
	proficiency and examinations to measure handgun proficiency.  The
	course to teach handgun proficiency is required for each person who
	seeks to obtain or renew a license and must contain training
	sessions divided into two parts.  One part of the course must be
	classroom instruction and the other part must be range instruction
	and an actual demonstration by the applicant of the applicant's
	ability to safely and proficiently use the applicable category of
	handgun.  An applicant must be able to demonstrate, at a minimum,
	the degree of proficiency that is required to effectively operate a
	handgun of .32 caliber or above.  The department shall distribute
	the standards, course requirements, and examinations on request to
	any qualified handgun instructor.
	(b)  Only [a] qualified handgun instructors [instructor] may
	administer the classroom instruction part or the range instruction
	part of the [a] handgun proficiency course.  The classroom
	instruction part of the [handgun proficiency] course must include
	not less than four [at least 10] hours and not more than six [15]
	hours of instruction on:
	(1)  the laws that relate to weapons and to the use of
	deadly force;
	(2)  handgun use[, proficiency,] and safety;
	(3)  nonviolent dispute resolution; and
	(4)  proper storage practices for handguns with an
	emphasis on storage practices that eliminate the possibility of
	accidental injury to a child.
	(j)  For license holders seeking to renew their licenses, the
	[The] department may offer online, or allow a qualified handgun
	instructor to offer online, the classroom instruction part of the
	handgun proficiency [continuing education instruction] course and
	the written section of the proficiency examination [required to
	renew a license].
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (c), Section 411.188, Government
	Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a concealed
	handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.