Bill Text: TX HB3710 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' assistance when applying for a concealed handgun license.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3710 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3710-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3710 |
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relating to a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' | ||
assistance when applying for a concealed handgun license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 434.017(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in | ||
the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund is | ||
composed of: | ||
(1) money transferred to the fund at the direction of | ||
the legislature; | ||
(2) gifts and grants contributed to the fund; | ||
(3) the earnings of the fund; | ||
(4) money transferred to the fund from proceeds of the | ||
lottery game operated under Section 466.027 or transferred to the | ||
fund under Section 466.408(b); | ||
(5) money deposited to the credit of the fund under | ||
Section 502.1746, Transportation Code; [ |
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(6) money deposited to the credit of the fund under | ||
Section 521.008, Transportation Code; and | ||
(7) money deposited to the credit of the fund under | ||
Section 411.1741. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.1741 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.1741. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO FUND FOR VETERANS' | ||
ASSISTANCE. (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal | ||
license to carry a concealed handgun under this subchapter, the | ||
person may make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the fund | ||
for veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017. | ||
(b) The department shall: | ||
(1) include space on the first page of each | ||
application for an original or renewal license to carry a concealed | ||
handgun that allows a person applying for an original or renewal | ||
license to carry a concealed handgun to indicate the amount that the | ||
person is voluntarily contributing to the fund; and | ||
(2) provide an opportunity for the person to | ||
contribute to the fund during the application process for an | ||
original or renewal license to carry a concealed handgun on the | ||
department's Internet website. | ||
(c) The department shall send any contribution made under | ||
this section to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury to | ||
the credit of the fund for veterans' assistance not later than the | ||
14th day of each month. Before sending the money to the fund, the | ||
department may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable | ||
expenses for administering this section. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall modify the | ||
application form for a license to carry a concealed handgun to | ||
satisfy the requirement of Section 411.1741, Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3710 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3710 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |