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1		-	H.B. No. 4428
	1	+	By: Tinderholt (Senate Sponsor - Fallon) H.B. No. 4428
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	3	+	May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	4	+	Affairs; May 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the application for and expiration of a license to carry
6	12		a handgun.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Sections 411.1741(a) and (b), Government Code,
9	15		are amended to read as follows:
10	16		(a) When a person applies for an original or renewal license
11	17		to carry a [concealed] handgun under this subchapter, the person
12	18		may make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the fund for
13	19		veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017.
14	20		(b) The department shall:
15	21		(1) include space on the first page of each
16	22		application for an original or renewal license to carry a
17	23		[concealed] handgun that allows a person applying for an original
18	24		or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun to indicate the
19	25		amount that the person is voluntarily contributing to the fund; and
20	26		(2) provide an opportunity for the person to
21	27		contribute to the fund during the application process for an
22	28		original or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun on the
23	29		department's Internet website.
24	30		SECTION 2. The heading to Section 411.181, Government Code,
25	31		is amended to read as follows:
26	32		Sec. 411.181. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF INFORMATION; DUPLICATE
27	33		LICENSE [ADDRESS OR NAME].
28	34		SECTION 3. Section 411.181, Government Code, is amended by
29	35		adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
30	36		(a-1) If a license holder whose license will expire under
31	37		Section 411.183(a)(1)(B) or (b)(1)(B) is granted an extension for
32	38		the license holder's lawful presence in the United States as
33	39		determined by the United States agency responsible for citizenship
34	40		and immigration in compliance with federal law, the license holder
35	41		may apply to the department for a duplicate license with an updated
36	42		expiration date by providing to the department the person's license
37	43		number and evidence of the extension. The duplicate license must
38	44		provide for an expiration date, calculated in accordance with
39	45		Section 411.183(a) or (b), as applicable, that takes into account
40	46		the extension of the period for which the license holder may be
41	47		lawfully present in the United States.
42	48		SECTION 4. Sections 411.183(a), (b), and (c), Government
43	49		Code, are amended to read as follows:
44	50		(a) A license issued under this subchapter expires on:
45	51		(1) the earlier of:
46	52		(A) the first birthday of the license holder
47	53		occurring after the fourth anniversary of the date of issuance; or
48	54		(B) the expiration of the license holder's lawful
49	55		presence in the United States as determined by the United States
50	56		agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
51	57		with federal law; or
52	58		(2) the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if
53	59		there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's lawful
54	60		presence in the United States.
55	61		(b) A renewed license expires on:
56	62		(1) the earlier of:
57	63		(A) the license holder's birthdate, five years
58	64		after the date of the expiration of the previous license; or
59	65		(B) the expiration of the license holder's lawful
60	66		presence in the United States as determined by the United States
61	67		agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
62	68		with federal law; or
63	69		(2) the first anniversary of the date of renewal, if
64	70		there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's lawful
65	71		presence in the United States.
66	72		(c) Except as otherwise provided by Section 411.181(a-1), a
67	73		[A] duplicate license expires on the date the license that was
68	74		duplicated would have expired.
69	75		SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
70	76		an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate license to
71	77		carry a handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this
72	78		Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
73	79		is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
74	80		submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
75	81		purpose.
76	82		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
77		-	______________________________ ______________________________
78		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
79		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4428 was passed by the House on May
80		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 25, 1 present, not
81		-	voting.
82		-	______________________________
83		-	Chief Clerk of the House
84		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4428 was passed by the Senate on May
85		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.
86		-	______________________________
87		-	Secretary of the Senate
88		-	APPROVED: _____________________
89		-	Date
90		-	_____________________
91		-	Governor
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