Bill Text: TX HB111 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an educational program and fee reductions to improve firearm safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB111 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB111-Introduced.html
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By: Moody | H.B. No. 111 |
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relating to an educational program and fee reductions to improve | ||
firearm safety. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 411.1954 and 411.210 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.1954. REDUCTION OF FEES: PURCHASE OF SECURE GUN | ||
STORAGE DEVICE. (a) In this section, "secure gun storage device" | ||
means a gun safe, gun case, gun cabinet, or other device that is | ||
designed to be: | ||
(1) used to store a gun; and | ||
(2) unlocked only by use of a key or combination or by | ||
other similar means. | ||
(b) The department shall reduce any fee required for the | ||
issuance of an original or renewed license under this subchapter if | ||
the applicant for the license provides the department with proof | ||
that a secure gun storage device has been purchased by the applicant | ||
or on behalf of the applicant. | ||
(c) The amount of the reduction under Subsection (b) is the | ||
lesser of: | ||
(1) the total amount of the fee the applicant would | ||
otherwise be required to pay; or | ||
(2) $40. | ||
Sec. 411.210. FIREARM SAFETY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. (a) In | ||
this section, "licensed firearms dealer" means a person who is | ||
licensed as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. Section 923. | ||
(b) The department shall develop and implement an | ||
educational program to encourage firearm safety and to improve | ||
public awareness on the topics of: | ||
(1) the availability of secure gun storage solutions, | ||
including secure gun storage devices as defined by Section | ||
411.1954; and | ||
(2) the safe handling of firearms. | ||
(c) In implementing the program, the department shall | ||
publish a pamphlet on the topics described by Subsection (b). The | ||
pamphlet must be distributed to each licensed firearms dealer in | ||
this state, to be provided by a licensed firearms dealer at the | ||
point of sale or other transfer of a firearm to a person. | ||
(d) The department may pay the costs of the program and its | ||
administration only from the proceeds of fees collected under this | ||
subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in adding | ||
Section 411.1954, Government Code, applies only to an application | ||
to obtain or renew a license to carry a 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |