83R2801 PEP-D
By: Springer H.B. No. 698
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of digital or electronic fingerprinting for 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. DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC FINGERPRINTS. An
applicant for a license under this subchapter who is required to
submit legible and classifiable fingerprints to the department,
including an applicant under Section 411.199, 411.1991, or 411.201,
may be required to submit digital or electronic fingerprints only
if a facility with the capability to process those fingerprints
exists within a 25-mile radius of the applicant's residence
address.
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.