87R23498 JSC-D
By: Hall, et al. S.B. No. 1253
(White)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1253: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to carry a handgun.
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) 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) 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.