Bill Text: TX HB216 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of a person for a license to carry a concealed handgun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-10 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB216-Introduced.html
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By: White of Tyler | H.B. No. 216 |
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relating to the eligibility of a person for a license to carry a | ||
concealed handgun. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 411.172(a) and (h), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a concealed | ||
handgun if the person: | ||
(1) is a legal resident of this state for the six-month | ||
period preceding the date of application under this subchapter or | ||
is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a); | ||
(2) is at least 18 [ |
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(3) has not been convicted of a felony; | ||
(4) is not charged with the commission of a Class A or | ||
Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense under | ||
Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a felony | ||
under an information or indictment; | ||
(5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a | ||
Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense; | ||
(6) is not a chemically dependent person; | ||
(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with | ||
respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun; | ||
(8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of | ||
application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or | ||
equivalent offense or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal | ||
Code, or equivalent offense; | ||
(9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and | ||
state law to purchase a handgun; | ||
(10) has not been finally determined to be delinquent | ||
in making a child support payment administered or collected by the | ||
attorney general; | ||
(11) has not been finally determined to be delinquent | ||
in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, | ||
the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any | ||
agency or subdivision of the state; | ||
(12) is not currently restricted under a court | ||
protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the | ||
spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely | ||
affecting property interests; | ||
(13) has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of | ||
application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent | ||
conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and | ||
(14) has not made any material misrepresentation, or | ||
failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted | ||
pursuant to Section 411.174. | ||
(h) The issuance of a license to carry a concealed handgun | ||
to a person who is at least 18 years of age but not yet 21 years of | ||
age [ |
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ability to purchase a handgun or ammunition under federal law. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 411.172(g), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |