LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
May 9, 1995
TO: Honorable Bob Bullock Honorable Pete Laney
Lieutenant Governor Speaker of the House
Senate Chamber House of Representatives
Austin, Texas Austin, Texas
IN RE: Conference Committee Report
for Senate Bill No. 60
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
60 ( Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a concealed
handgun; requiring of an applicant for the license a handgun
proficiency and safety training course and a criminal background
check; providing penalties.) this office has determined the
following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would authorize the licensing of a person to carry a
concealed handgun. The Department of Public Safety would license
applicants meeting the criteria established in the bill, and
would adopt rules for the administration of the act.
All applicants would be required to submit certain proof of
identification as required by the bill, including two sets of
classifiable fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency.
Applicants would be required to submit a handgun proficiency
certificate distributed to the applicant upon successful
completion of a handgun proficiency course. The bill requires
license holders to receive continuing education not more than six
months before the date of application for renewal.
The bill requires the Department of Public Safety to establish
requirements for the certification of qualified handgun
instructors and establishes a $100.00 certification fee for
instructors. Certified instructors are authorized to issue
handgun proficiency certificates to persons who meet the training
and proficiency requirements specified by the Department of
Public Safety.
The bill would establish a $140.00 nonrefundable application fee,
$25.00 modification fee, $25.00 duplicate fee, and authorizes
the Department to establish a renewal fee sufficient to cover the
cost of processing the renewal application. The bill would
create a special account within the general revenue fund known as
the Concealed Handgun License Account. The bill would require
the Comptroller of Public Accounts to transfer all revenue in
excess of amounts necessary for the administration of the
provisions of the bill to the Crime Victims Compensation Account.
The department would be authorized to set renewal fees in an
amount necessary to defray costs. It is assumed that all fees
collected during the 1996-97 biennium would be appropriated to
the department for administration of the act.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out Probable Revenue Probable Revenue
Year of the Concealed Gain to the Gain to GR
Handgun Account in Concealed Handgun Consolidated -
the General Account in the Crime Victims Comp
Revenue Fund General Revenue Fd 469
Fund
1996 $11,342,563 $8,086,000 $0
1997 5,994,466 9,271,000 0
1998 5,707,013 5,707,013 3,158,987
1999 5,792,416 5,792,416 1,438,584
2000 5,824,580 5,824,580 3,434,920
Fiscal Change in
Year Number of State
Employees from
FY 1995
1996 101.0
1997 101.0
1998 101.0
1999 101.0
2000 101.0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Department of Public
Safety
LBB Staff: JK, BL, DF