| 1 | 1 | | 86R7912 ADM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Sanford H.B. No. 3585 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the repeal of certain eligibility requirements for a |
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| 8 | 8 | | license to carry a handgun. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.172(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if |
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| 13 | 13 | | the person: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) is a legal resident of this state for the six-month |
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| 15 | 15 | | period preceding the date of application under this subchapter or |
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| 16 | 16 | | is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a); |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) is at least 21 years of age; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) has not been convicted of a felony; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (4) is not charged with the commission of a Class A or |
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| 20 | 20 | | Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense under |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a felony |
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| 22 | 22 | | under an information or indictment; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a |
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| 24 | 24 | | Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (6) is not a chemically dependent person; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with |
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| 27 | 27 | | respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of |
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| 29 | 29 | | application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or |
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| 30 | 30 | | equivalent offense or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal |
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| 31 | 31 | | Code, or equivalent offense; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and |
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| 33 | 33 | | state law to purchase a handgun; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (10) [has not been finally determined to be delinquent |
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| 35 | 35 | | in making a child support payment administered or collected by the |
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| 36 | 36 | | attorney general; |
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| 37 | 37 | | [(11) has not been finally determined to be delinquent |
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| 38 | 38 | | in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, |
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| 39 | 39 | | the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any |
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| 40 | 40 | | agency or subdivision of the state; |
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| 41 | 41 | | [(12)] is not currently restricted under a court |
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| 42 | 42 | | protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the |
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| 43 | 43 | | spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely |
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| 44 | 44 | | affecting property interests; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (11) [(13)] has not, in the 10 years preceding the |
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| 46 | 46 | | date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in |
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| 47 | 47 | | delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | (12) [(14)] has not made any material |
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| 49 | 49 | | misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an |
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| 50 | 50 | | application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 52 | 52 | | to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun |
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| 53 | 53 | | submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 54 | 54 | | application submitted before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 55 | 55 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the application was |
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| 56 | 56 | | submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 57 | 57 | | purpose. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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