By Hupp                                               H.B. No. 2240
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to establishing a procedure for a person to renew the
 1-3     person's driver's license and the person's license to carry a
 1-4     concealed handgun at the same time.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Sections 411.183(a) and (b), Government Code, are
 1-7     amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (a)  A license issued under this subchapter expires on the
 1-9     first birthday of the license holder occurring after the sixth
1-10     [fourth] anniversary of the date of issuance.
1-11           (b)  A renewed license expires on the license holder's
1-12     birthdate, six [four] years after the date of the expiration of the
1-13     previous license.
1-14           SECTION 2.  Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by
1-15     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-16     follows:
1-17           (a)  To renew a license, a license holder must:
1-18                 (1)  complete a continuing education course in handgun
1-19     proficiency under Section 411.188(c) not more than six months
1-20     before the date of application for renewal;
1-21                 (2)  obtain a handgun proficiency certificate under
1-22     Section 411.189 not more than six months before the date of
1-23     application for renewal; and
1-24                 (3)  submit to the department:
 2-1                       (A)  an application for renewal on a form
 2-2     provided by the department;
 2-3                       (B)  a copy of the handgun proficiency
 2-4     certificate;
 2-5                       (C)  payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee as
 2-6     set by the department; and
 2-7                       (D)  two recent color passport photographs of the
 2-8     applicant, except as provided by Subsection (e).
 2-9           (e)  The director shall establish a procedure by which a
2-10     person who holds a driver's license and a license to carry a
2-11     concealed handgun that expire on the same date may renew both
2-12     licenses on one occasion by reporting in person to a designated
2-13     location.  An applicant for renewal of a license to carry a
2-14     concealed handgun under this subsection must comply with each
2-15     requirement of Subsection (a), except that the applicant is not
2-16     required to submit a passport photograph to the department.
2-17           SECTION 3.  Subchapter M, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
2-18     is amended by adding Section 521.272 to read as follows:
2-19           Sec. 521.272.  VOLUNTARY SURRENDER.  (a)  Notwithstanding
2-20     Section 521.271, a person who is otherwise eligible to renew the
2-21     person's driver's license may voluntarily surrender the license
2-22     before the expiration date of the license and apply for the
2-23     issuance of a new license that expires on the expiration date of
2-24     the person's license to carry a concealed handgun under the
2-25     authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
2-26           (b)  The department shall establish a standard application
2-27     form to be used by a person who applies for a license under this
 3-1     section.  The department may charge the person a fee in an amount
 3-2     equal to the amount of the fee for issuance or renewal of a license
 3-3     under Section 521.421.
 3-4           SECTION 4.  Subchapter E, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,
 3-5     is amended by adding Section 522.054 to read as follows:
 3-6           Sec. 522.054.  VOLUNTARY SURRENDER.  (a)  Notwithstanding any
 3-7     other provision of this subchapter, a person who is otherwise
 3-8     eligible to renew the person's commercial driver's license may
 3-9     voluntarily surrender the license before the expiration date of
3-10     the license and apply for the issuance of a new license that
3-11     expires on the expiration date of the person's license to carry a
3-12     concealed handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
3-13     Government Code.
3-14           (b)  The department shall establish a standard application
3-15     form to be used by a person who applies for a license under this
3-16     section.  The department may charge the person a fee in an amount
3-17     equal to the amount of the fee for issuance or renewal of a license
3-18     under Section 521.421.
3-19           SECTION 5.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to
3-20     Sections 411.183(a) and  (b), Government Code, applies only to a
3-21     license issued or renewed on or after September 1, 1999.
3-22           (b)  The director of the Department of Public Safety shall
3-23     establish the procedure required by Section 411.185(e), Government
3-24     Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2000.
3-25           (c)  The Department of Public Safety shall establish the
3-26     standard application forms required by Sections 521.272 and
3-27     522.054, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, not later than
 4-1     January 1, 2000.
 4-2           SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the
 4-3     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 4-4     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 4-5     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 4-6     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
 4-7     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
 4-8     passage, and it is so enacted.