By Hupp H.B. No. 1021
76R4835 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the notice provided to local law enforcement agencies
1-3 regarding the issuance of a license to carry a concealed handgun.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 411.178, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 411.178. NOTICE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. [If the
1-8 department issues a license, the department shall notify the
1-9 sheriff of the county in which the license holder resides that a
1-10 license has been issued to the license holder.] On request of a
1-11 local law enforcement agency, the department shall notify the
1-12 agency of the licenses that have been issued to license holders who
1-13 reside in the county in which the agency is located.
1-14 SECTION 2. Section 411.181(f), Government Code, is amended
1-15 to read as follows:
1-16 (f) [The department shall notify the sheriff of the county
1-17 in which a license holder resides of a change made under Subsection
1-18 (a) by the license holder.] On request of a local law enforcement
1-19 agency, the department shall notify the agency of changes made
1-20 under Subsection (a) by license holders who reside in the county in
1-21 which the agency is located.
1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.