Allowing county attorneys and assistant county attorneys to obtain a professional permit to carry weapons

6, a person may be issued a professional permit to carry weapons when the person’s employment in a private investigation business or private security business, or a person’s employment as a peace officer, correctional officer, security guard, bank messenger or other person transporting property of a value requiring security, or in police work, reasonably justifies that person going armed.6 to allow county attorneys and assistant county attorneys to obtain a professional permit to carry weapons. A professional permit to carry weapons issued to a county attorney or assistant county attorney authorizes that person to go armed anywhere in the state at all times except on the grounds of a school or beyond a security screening station at a courthouse subject to the rules, directives, and procedures of the judicial branch and the judicial district. Permits issued to county attorneys and assistant county attorneys are valid through that person’s period of employment unless otherwise cancelled. The bill provides that county attorneys and assistant county attorneys, as a condition of their employment, shall not be required to obtain a professional permit to carry weapons.