85R4 MAW-D
By: Shaheen H.B. No. 781
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a handgun license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.177, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Immediately after the decision is made under
Subsection (a) to issue a license to an applicant, the department
shall issue to the applicant a temporary license that is valid until
the applicant receives the license approved under Subsection (a).
A temporary license must be provided in an electronic format and
must include all of the information required by Section 411.179,
except that the photograph is not required to be in color.
SECTION 2. Section 411.177(b-1), Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an application decision that is made by
the Department of Public Safety on or after the effective date of
this Act. An application decision that is made before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the decision
was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.