81R5198 PEP-D
By: King of Zavala H.B. No. 1498
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the information required to be displayed on a license to
carry a concealed handgun and the duty of a license holder to keep
that information current.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.179(c), Government Code, as added by
Chapter 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(c) In adopting the form of the license under Subsection
(a), the department shall establish a procedure for the license of a
qualified handgun instructor or of a judge, justice, prosecuting
attorney, or assistant prosecuting attorney, as described by
Section 46.15(a)(4) or (6), Penal Code, to indicate on the license
the license holder's status as a qualified handgun instructor or as
a judge, justice, district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
county attorney. In establishing the procedure, the department
shall require sufficient documentary evidence to establish the
license holder's status under this subsection.
SECTION 2. Sections 411.181(a) and (b), Government Code, as
amended by Chapters 594 (H.B. 41) and 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the
80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, are reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(a) If a person who is a current license holder moves from
any residence [the] address stated on the license [to a new
residence address], if the name of the person is changed by marriage
or otherwise, or if the person's status [as a judge, justice,
district attorney, prosecuting attorney, or assistant prosecuting
attorney, as a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
federal judge or state judge,] becomes inapplicable for purposes of
the information required to be displayed on the license under
Section 411.179 [411.179(c)], the person shall, not later than the
30th day after the date of the address, name, or status change,
notify the department and provide the department with the number of
the person's license and, as applicable, the person's:
(1) former and new addresses; [or]
(2) former and new names; or
(3) former and new status.
(b) If the name of the license holder is changed by marriage
or otherwise, or if the person's status [as a federal judge or state
judge, or the spouse of a federal judge or state judge] becomes
inapplicable as described by Subsection (a), the person shall apply
for a duplicate license. The duplicate license must reflect
[include] the person's current name, residence address, and status.
SECTION 3. Section 411.187(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A license may be suspended under this section if the
license holder:
(1) is charged with the commission of a Class A or
Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code,
or of a felony under an information or indictment;
(2) fails to display a license as required by Section
411.205;
(3) fails to notify the department of a change of
address, [or] name, or status as required by Section 411.181;
(4) carries a concealed handgun under the authority of
this subchapter of a different category than the license holder is
licensed to carry;
(5) fails to return a previously issued license after
a license is modified as required by Section 411.184(d);
(6) commits an act of family violence and is the
subject of an active protective order rendered under Title 4,
Family Code; or
(7) is arrested for an offense involving family
violence or an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, and is the
subject of an order for emergency protection issued under Article
17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 4. 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, 2009.