85R23258 JRR-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 621
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 621:
By: Burns C.S.H.B. No. 621
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for certain applicants to obtain an
original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a
handgun; waiving a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.175, Government Code, is amended 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, 411.1992, 411.1993, 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. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by amending Section 411.1991 and adding Section 411.1993 to
read as follows:
Sec. 411.1991. PEACE OFFICERS. (a) A person who is
licensed as a peace officer under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code,
and employed as a peace officer by a law enforcement agency[, or who
is a member of the Texas military forces, excluding Texas State
Guard members who are serving in the Texas Legislature,] may apply
for a license under this subchapter.
(b) [(a-1)] An applicant who is a peace officer shall submit
to the department:
(1) the name and rank of the applicant; and
(2) a current copy of the applicant's peace officer
license and evidence of employment as a peace officer.
(c) The department may issue a license under this subchapter
to an applicant under this section if the applicant complies with
Subsection (b) and meets all other requirements of this subchapter,
except that the applicant is not required to complete the handgun
proficiency course described by Section 411.188.
(d) The department shall waive any fee required for the
issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license
under this subchapter for an applicant under this section.
(e) A license issued to an applicant under this section
expires as provided by Section 411.183.
Sec. 411.1993. CERTAIN MEMBERS OF TEXAS MILITARY FORCES.
(a) A person who is a member of the Texas military forces, other
than a member of the Texas State Guard who is serving in the Texas
Legislature, may apply for a license under this subchapter.
(b) [(a-2)] The department shall adopt rules regarding the
information required to be included in an application submitted by
a member of the Texas military forces under this section.
(c) [(b)] The department may issue a license under this
subchapter to an applicant under this section if the applicant
complies with the [Subsection (a-1) or] rules adopted under
Subsection (b) [(a-2), as applicable].
(d) [(c)] An applicant under this section shall pay a fee of
$25 for a license issued under this subchapter.
(e) [(d)] A license issued to an applicant under this
section expires as provided by Section 411.183.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application that is made to obtain an original, duplicate,
modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun and submitted on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application described by
this section that is 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.