BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 2169 By: Sanford Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a person who has been finally determined to be delinquent on their taxes is unable to receive a handgun license. It has been suggested that this is an unnecessary burden on some individuals' ability to carry a handgun. H.B. 2169 seeks to remove tax delinquency as a criterion in determining handgun license eligibility. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 2169 amends the Government Code to remove as an eligibility requirement for a handgun license the applicant having not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller of public accounts, the tax collector of a political subdivision, or any state agency or subdivision. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2021.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 2169
By: Sanford
Homeland Security & Public Safety
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 2169
By: Sanford
Homeland Security & Public Safety
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a person who has been finally determined to be delinquent on their taxes is unable to receive a handgun license. It has been suggested that this is an unnecessary burden on some individuals' ability to carry a handgun. H.B. 2169 seeks to remove tax delinquency as a criterion in determining handgun license eligibility.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 2169 amends the Government Code to remove as an eligibility requirement for a handgun license the applicant having not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller of public accounts, the tax collector of a political subdivision, or any state agency or subdivision.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2021.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Currently, a person who has been finally determined to be delinquent on their taxes is unable to receive a handgun license. It has been suggested that this is an unnecessary burden on some individuals' ability to carry a handgun. H.B. 2169 seeks to remove tax delinquency as a criterion in determining handgun license eligibility.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 2169 amends the Government Code to remove as an eligibility requirement for a handgun license the applicant having not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller of public accounts, the tax collector of a political subdivision, or any state agency or subdivision.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2021.