H.B. No. 4428
AN ACT
relating to the application for and expiration of a license to carry
a handgun.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 411.1741(a) and (b), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) When a person applies for an original or renewal license
to carry a [concealed] handgun under this subchapter, the person
may make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the fund for
veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017.
(b) The department shall:
(1) include space on the first page of each
application for an original or renewal license to carry a
[concealed] handgun that allows a person applying for an original
or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun to indicate the
amount that the person is voluntarily contributing to the fund; and
(2) provide an opportunity for the person to
contribute to the fund during the application process for an
original or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun on the
department's Internet website.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 411.181, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 411.181. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF INFORMATION; DUPLICATE
LICENSE [ADDRESS OR NAME].
SECTION 3. Section 411.181, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) If a license holder whose license will expire under
Section 411.183(a)(1)(B) or (b)(1)(B) is granted an extension for
the license holder's lawful presence in the United States as
determined by the United States agency responsible for citizenship
and immigration in compliance with federal law, the license holder
may apply to the department for a duplicate license with an updated
expiration date by providing to the department the person's license
number and evidence of the extension. The duplicate license must
provide for an expiration date, calculated in accordance with
Section 411.183(a) or (b), as applicable, that takes into account
the extension of the period for which the license holder may be
lawfully present in the United States.
SECTION 4. Sections 411.183(a), (b), and (c), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A license issued under this subchapter expires on:
(1) the earlier of:
(A) the first birthday of the license holder
occurring after the fourth anniversary of the date of issuance; or
(B) the expiration of the license holder's lawful
presence in the United States as determined by the United States
agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
with federal law; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if
there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's lawful
presence in the United States.
(b) A renewed license expires on:
(1) the earlier of:
(A) the license holder's birthdate, five years
after the date of the expiration of the previous license; or
(B) the expiration of the license holder's lawful
presence in the United States as determined by the United States
agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
with federal law; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date of renewal, if
there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's lawful
presence in the United States.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by Section 411.181(a-1), a
[A] duplicate license expires on the date the license that was
duplicated would have expired.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate license to
carry a handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this
Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4428 was passed by the House on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 25, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4428 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor