Bill Text: TX HB1349 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to information that may be requested by the Department of Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed handgun license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 1/1/14 [HB1349 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1349-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to information that may be requested by the Department of Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed handgun license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 1/1/14 [HB1349 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1349-Introduced.html
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By: Larson | H.B. No. 1349 |
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relating to information that may be requested by the Department of | ||
Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed | ||
handgun license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 231.302, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), to [ |
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in the administration of laws relating to child support enforcement | ||
under Parts A and D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act | ||
(42 U.S.C. Sections 601-617 and 651-669): | ||
(1) each licensing authority shall request and each | ||
applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social | ||
security number; | ||
(2) each agency administering a contract that provides | ||
for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or | ||
entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's | ||
or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006[ |
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(3) each agency administering a state-funded grant or | ||
loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan | ||
shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by | ||
Section 231.006[ |
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(c-1) For purposes of issuing a license to carry a concealed | ||
handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, the | ||
Department of Public Safety is not required to request, and an | ||
applicant is not required to provide, the applicant's social | ||
security number. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 411.174, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The department may not request or require an applicant | ||
to provide the applicant's social security number as part of an | ||
application under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The department may not request or require a license | ||
holder to provide the license holder's social security number to | ||
renew a license under this section. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application for the issuance or renewal of 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. |