76R11967 JMC-D By Hupp H.B. No. 1020 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1020: By Turner of Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 1020 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the age at which certain persons are eligible for a 1-3 license to carry a concealed handgun. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 411.172(a), Government Code, is amended 1-6 to read as follows: 1-7 (a) A person is eligible for a license to carry a concealed 1-8 handgun if the person: 1-9 (1) is a legal resident of this state for the 1-10 six-month period preceding the date of application under this 1-11 subchapter or is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 1-12 411.173(a); 1-13 (2) is at least 21 years of age or, if the person is a 1-14 member of the armed forces of the United States, including the 1-15 reserves or national guard, or the state militia, as defined by 1-16 Section 431.001, Government Code, is at least 18 years of age; 1-17 (3) has not been convicted of a felony; 1-18 (4) is not charged with the commission of a Class A or 1-19 Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, 1-20 or of a felony under an information or indictment; 1-21 (5) is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a 1-22 Class A or Class B misdemeanor; 1-23 (6) is not a chemically dependent person; 1-24 (7) is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with 2-1 respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun; 2-2 (8) has not, in the five years preceding the date of 2-3 application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or 2-4 an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code; 2-5 (9) is fully qualified under applicable federal and 2-6 state law to: 2-7 (A) purchase a handgun; or 2-8 (B) possess a handgun, if the person is a member 2-9 of the armed forces as described by Subdivision (2); 2-10 (10) has not been finally determined to be delinquent 2-11 in making a child support payment administered or collected by the 2-12 attorney general; 2-13 (11) has not been finally determined to be delinquent 2-14 in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the 2-15 comptroller, the tax collector of a political subdivision of the 2-16 state, or any agency or subdivision of the state; 2-17 (12) has not been finally determined to be in default 2-18 on a loan made under Chapter 57, Education Code; 2-19 (13) is not currently restricted under a court 2-20 protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the 2-21 spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely 2-22 affecting property interests; 2-23 (14) has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of 2-24 application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent 2-25 conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and 2-26 (15) has not made any material misrepresentation, or 2-27 failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted 3-1 pursuant to Section 411.174 or in a request for application 3-2 submitted pursuant to Section 411.175. 3-3 SECTION 2. (a) In accordance with Section 311.031(c), 3-4 Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive amendment 3-5 enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended statute, 3-6 the text of Section 411.172(a), Government Code, as set out in this 3-7 Act, gives effect to changes made by Chapter 1261, Acts of the 75th 3-8 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997. 3-9 (b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over 3-10 another Act of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, 3-11 relating to nonsubstantive additions and corrections in enacted 3-12 codes. 3-13 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 3-14 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 3-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.