Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4017 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R13029 JRR-D
2	2	By: Calanni H.B. No. 4017
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the eligibility for a handgun license of a person who is
8	8	identified as a member of a criminal street gang.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 411.172(a), Government Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if
13	13	the person:
14	14	(1) is a legal resident of this state for the six-month
15	15	period preceding the date of application under this subchapter or
16	16	is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a);
17	17	(2) is at least 21 years of age;
18	18	(3) has not been convicted of a felony;
19	19	(4) is not charged with the commission of a Class A or
20	20	Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense under
21	21	Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a felony
22	22	under an information or indictment;
23	23	(5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a
24	24	Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense;
25	25	(6) is not a chemically dependent person;
26	26	(7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with
27	27	respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
28	28	(8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of
29	29	application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or
30	30	equivalent offense or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal
31	31	Code, or equivalent offense;
32	32	(9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and
33	33	state law to purchase a handgun;
34	34	(10) has not been finally determined to be delinquent
35	35	in making a child support payment administered or collected by the
36	36	attorney general;
37	37	(11) has not been finally determined to be delinquent
38	38	in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller,
39	39	the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any
40	40	agency or subdivision of the state;
41	41	(12) is not currently restricted under a court
42	42	protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the
43	43	spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely
44	44	affecting property interests;
45	45	(13) has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of
46	46	application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent
47	47	conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; [and]
48	48	(14) has not made any material misrepresentation, or
49	49	failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted
50	50	pursuant to Section 411.174; and
51	51	(15) is not identified as a member of a criminal street
52	52	gang in an intelligence database established under Chapter 67, Code
53	53	of Criminal Procedure.
54	54	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
55	55	to an application for the issuance or renewal of a license that is
56	56	submitted to the Department of Public Safety on or after the
57	57	effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the
58	58	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
59	59	date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued
60	60	in effect for that purpose.
61	61	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.