83R1488 AJZ-D
By: Taylor H.B. No. 158
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation on a person's driver's license or
commercial driver's license that the person is licensed to carry a
concealed handgun.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.127 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.127. CONCEALED HANDGUN DESIGNATION. The
department shall include on each driver's license issued to a
person licensed to carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H,
Chapter 411, Government Code, who makes an election under Section
411.1795, Government Code, a designation that shows the person is
licensed under that subchapter. The designation must include the
person's handgun license number, a statement of the period for
which the concealed handgun license is effective, and the category
or categories of handguns the person is licensed to carry.
SECTION 2. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The department shall include on each commercial
driver's license issued to a person licensed to carry a concealed
handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, who makes
an election under Section 411.1795, Government Code, a designation
that shows the person is licensed under that subchapter. The
designation must include the person's handgun license number, a
statement of the period for which the concealed handgun license is
effective, and the category or categories of handguns the person is
licensed to carry.
SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.1795 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1795. DRIVER'S LICENSE DESIGNATION. (a) The
department shall adopt rules allowing an applicant for the
issuance, modification, or renewal of a license under this
subchapter, in addition to or instead of being issued, modifying,
or renewing the license, to elect to include on the person's
driver's license a designation indicating that the person is
licensed under this subchapter. The rules must include procedures
to ensure that a person who makes an election under this section
receives and maintains a designation on the person's driver's
license only if the person meets the requirements for the issuance
or modification and any necessary renewal of the license under this
subchapter.
(b) The department may collect a fee from a person who makes
an election under this section in an amount necessary to cover the
cost of administering this section.
SECTION 4. Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license
holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person
when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder
display identification, the license holder shall display either:
(1) the license holder's driver's license that
includes a concealed handgun designation under Section 521.127 or
522.030, Transportation Code; or
(2) both the license holder's driver's license or
identification certificate issued by the department and the license
holder's handgun license.
SECTION 5. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt
rules as required by Sections 521.127 and 522.030(d),
Transportation Code, and 411.1795, Government Code, as added by
this Act, not later than November 1, 2013.
SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a license issued or renewed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
Government Code, or Chapter 521 or 522, Transportation Code, on or
after January 1, 2014.
SECTION 7. 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, 2013.