Bill Text: TX HB2169 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility requirements for a license to carry a handgun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2169 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2169-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Sanford, Guillen | H.B. No. 2169 |
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relating to the eligibility requirements for a license to carry a | ||
handgun. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 411.172(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a 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 21 years of age; | ||
(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; | ||
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protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the | ||
spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely | ||
affecting property interests; | ||
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date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in | ||
delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and | ||
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misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an | ||
application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act 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 on the date the application was | ||
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |