Bill Text: TX SB1253 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to carry a handgun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-25 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1253 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1253-Comm_Sub.html
87R23498 JSC-D | ||
By: Hall, et al. | S.B. No. 1253 | |
(White) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1253: No. |
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relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to carry a handgun. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 411.177, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The department shall issue a license under this | ||
subchapter to each applicant who meets all the eligibility | ||
requirements and submits all the application materials, regardless | ||
of whether the applicant may legally carry a handgun without a | ||
license in this state under Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other state | ||
law. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) The department shall renew the license of each license | ||
holder who meets all the eligibility requirements to continue to | ||
hold a license and who submits all the renewal materials described | ||
by Subsection (a), regardless of whether the license holder may | ||
legally carry a handgun without a license in this state under | ||
Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other state law. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |