Bill Text: TX HB698 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 698 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to certain procedures for submitting legible and classifiable fingerprints with an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 17)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB698 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB698-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 698




	AN ACT
	relating to certain procedures for submitting legible and
	classifiable fingerprints with an application for a license to
	carry a concealed handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.175 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.175. PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING FINGERPRINTS. The
	department shall establish procedures for the submission of legible
	and classifiable fingerprints by an applicant for a license under
	this subchapter who:
	(1) is required to submit those fingerprints to the
	department, including an applicant under Section 411.199,
	411.1991, or 411.201; and
	(2) resides in a county having a population of 46,000
	or less and does not reside within a 25-mile radius of a facility
	with the capability to process digital or electronic fingerprints.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun that is
	submitted to the Department of Public Safety on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 698 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2013, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 5, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 698 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor