83R7495 ADM-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 1349
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information that may be requested by the Department of
Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed
handgun license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 231.302, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), to [To] assist
in the administration of laws relating to child support enforcement
under Parts A and D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. Sections 601-617 and 651-669):
(1) each licensing authority shall request and each
applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social
security number;
(2) each agency administering a contract that provides
for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or
entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's
or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006[,
Family Code]; and
(3) each agency administering a state-funded grant or
loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan
shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by
Section 231.006[, Family Code].
(c-1) For purposes of issuing a license to carry a concealed
handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, the
Department of Public Safety is not required to request, and an
applicant is not required to provide, the applicant's social
security number.
SECTION 2. Section 411.174, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The department may not request or require an applicant
to provide the applicant's social security number as part of an
application under this section.
SECTION 3. Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The department may not request or require a license
holder to provide the license holder's social security number to
renew a license under this section.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for the issuance or renewal of a license to carry
a concealed handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this
Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.