Bill Text: TX HB3138 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3138-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3138-Introduced.html
By: Isaac | H.B. No. 3138 |
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relating to recognizing a license to carry a handgun issued by | ||
another state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 411.173, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(1) remains in effect until the license expires under | ||
Section 411.183; and | ||
(2) may be renewed under Section 411.185. | ||
(a-1) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 915, Sec. 4, | ||
eff. September 1, 2005. | ||
(b) A valid [ |
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carry a handgun [ |
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state is recognized in this state [ |
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a background check of each applicant for a license issued by that | ||
state is initiated by state or local authorities or an agent of the | ||
state or local authorities before the license is issued. For | ||
purposes of this subsection, "background check" means a search of | ||
the National Crime Information Center database and the Interstate | ||
Identification Index maintained by the Federal Bureau of | ||
Investigation. | ||
(c) The attorney general of the State of Texas shall | ||
annually: | ||
(1) submit and make publicly available a report to the | ||
governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives listing the states the attorney general has | ||
determined qualify for recognition under Subsection (b); and | ||
(2) review the statutes of states that the attorney | ||
general has determined do not qualify for recognition under | ||
Subsection (b) to determine the changes to their statutes that are | ||
necessary to qualify for recognition under that subsection. | ||
(d) The attorney general of the State of Texas shall submit | ||
and publish the report required by Subsection (c)(1) not later than | ||
January 1 of each calendar year. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2023. |