By: Hall S.B. No. 1253
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 12, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 12, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to carry a handgun
for purposes of reciprocity with other states.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.177, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) For the purpose of reciprocity with other states, the
department shall issue a license under this subchapter to each
applicant who meets all the eligibility requirements and submits
all the application materials, regardless of whether the applicant
may legally carry a handgun without a license in this state under
Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other state law.
SECTION 2. Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) For the purpose of reciprocity with other states, the
department shall renew the license of each license holder who meets
all the eligibility requirements to continue to hold a license and
who submits all the renewal materials described by Subsection (a),
regardless of whether the license holder may legally carry a
handgun without a license in this state under Chapter 46, Penal
Code, or other state law.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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