By: Springer, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 698
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain procedures for submitting legible and
classifiable fingerprints with 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. PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING FINGERPRINTS. The
department shall establish procedures for the submission of legible
and classifiable fingerprints by an applicant for a license under
this subchapter who:
(1) is required to submit those fingerprints to the
department, including an applicant under Section 411.199,
411.1991, or 411.201; and
(2) resides in a county having a population of 46,000
or less and does not reside within a 25-mile radius of a facility
with the capability to process digital or electronic fingerprints.
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.
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