Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2046 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R8469 ADM-D
2	2	By: Ramos H.B. No. 2046
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the establishment of a grant pilot program to fund
8	8	mental health initiatives in public schools and to increasing fees
9	9	for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a
10	10	handgun.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 411.210 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 411.210. GRANT PILOT PROGRAM TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH
15	15	INITIATIVES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (a) The department shall establish
16	16	and administer a grant pilot program to award grants to school
17	17	districts and open-enrollment charter schools to fund mental health
18	18	initiatives designed to address the prevention and impact of gun
19	19	violence. The department may award a grant only to an eligible
20	20	school district or open-enrollment charter school that is located
21	21	in a county with a population of at least two million but not more
22	22	than 3.3 million.
23	23	(b) In determining whether to award a grant under this
24	24	section, the department shall consider whether the proposed mental
25	25	health initiative:
26	26	(1) is evidence-based;
27	27	(2) is likely to improve safety on the associated
28	28	campus; and
29	29	(3) has the potential, if successfully implemented, to
30	30	be replicated statewide.
31	31	(c) In deciding whether to award a grant to a school
32	32	district or open-enrollment charter school that has previously
33	33	received a grant under this section, the department shall, in
34	34	addition to the factors described under Subsection (b), consider
35	35	the results of the previous grant.
36	36	(d) The grant pilot program established under this section
37	37	shall be funded by:
38	38	(1) all money received by the department from fees
39	39	under this subchapter that are paid within a county described by
40	40	Subsection (a), other than money reasonably necessary to cover the
41	41	administrative costs associated with the issuance of an original or
42	42	renewed license to carry a handgun under this subchapter;
43	43	(2) federal funds;
44	44	(3) gifts, grants, and donations; or
45	45	(4) any other money available to the department for
46	46	the purpose.
47	47	SECTION 2. Section 411.174(a), Government Code, is amended
48	48	to read as follows:
49	49	(a) An applicant for a license to carry a handgun must
50	50	submit to the director's designee described by Section 411.176:
51	51	(1) a completed application on a form provided by the
52	52	department that requires only the information listed in Subsection
53	53	(b);
54	54	(2) one or more photographs of the applicant that meet
55	55	the requirements of the department;
56	56	(3) a certified copy of the applicant's birth
57	57	certificate or certified proof of age;
58	58	(4) proof of residency in this state;
59	59	(5) two complete sets of legible and classifiable
60	60	fingerprints of the applicant taken by a person appropriately
61	61	trained in recording fingerprints who is employed by a law
62	62	enforcement agency or by a private entity designated by a law
63	63	enforcement agency as an entity qualified to take fingerprints of
64	64	an applicant for a license under this subchapter;
65	65	(6) a nonrefundable application and license fee of
66	66	$140 [$40] paid to the department;
67	67	(7) evidence of handgun proficiency, in the form and
68	68	manner required by the department;
69	69	(8) an affidavit signed by the applicant stating that
70	70	the applicant:
71	71	(A) has read and understands each provision of
72	72	this subchapter that creates an offense under the laws of this state
73	73	and each provision of the laws of this state related to use of
74	74	deadly force; and
75	75	(B) fulfills all the eligibility requirements
76	76	listed under Section 411.172; and
77	77	(9) a form executed by the applicant that authorizes
78	78	the director to make an inquiry into any noncriminal history
79	79	records that are necessary to determine the applicant's eligibility
80	80	for a license under Section 411.172(a).
81	81	SECTION 3. Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended
82	82	to read as follows:
83	83	(a) To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before
84	84	the date the license expires, submit to the department by mail or,
85	85	in accordance with the procedure adopted under Subsection (f), on
86	86	the Internet:
87	87	(1) a renewal application on a form provided by the
88	88	department;
89	89	(2) payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $70
90	90	[$40]; and
91	91	(3) the informational form described by Subsection (c)
92	92	signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.
93	93	SECTION 4. Section 411.190(c), Government Code, is amended
94	94	to read as follows:
95	95	(c) In the manner applicable to a person who applies for a
96	96	license to carry a handgun, the department shall conduct a
97	97	background check of a person who applies for certification as a
98	98	qualified handgun instructor or approved online course provider.
99	99	If the background check indicates that the applicant for
100	100	certification would not qualify to receive a handgun license, the
101	101	department may not certify the applicant as a qualified handgun
102	102	instructor or approved online course provider. If the background
103	103	check indicates that the applicant for certification would qualify
104	104	to receive a handgun license, the department shall provide handgun
105	105	instructor or online course provider training to the applicant.
106	106	The applicant shall pay a fee of $100 to the department for the
107	107	training. The applicant must take and successfully complete the
108	108	training offered by the department and pay the training fee before
109	109	the department may certify the applicant as a qualified handgun
110	110	instructor or approved online course provider. The department
111	111	shall issue a license to carry a handgun under the authority of this
112	112	subchapter to any person who is certified as a qualified handgun
113	113	instructor or approved online course provider and who pays to the
114	114	department a fee of $100 [$40] in addition to the training fee. The
115	115	department by rule may prorate or waive the training fee for an
116	116	employee of another governmental entity.
117	117	SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
118	118	411.174(a), 411.185(a), and 411.190(c), Government Code, apply
119	119	only to an applicant for an original or renewed license to carry a
120	120	handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as
121	121	amended by this Act, who submits the application on or after the
122	122	effective date of this Act.
123	123	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.