78R8647 PEP-D


By:  Ellis                                                        H.B. No. 2619



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of the application and license fee for a 
license to carry a concealed handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.174(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  An applicant for a license to carry a concealed handgun 
must submit to the director's designee described by Section 
411.176:
		(1)  a completed application on a form provided by the 
department that requires only the information listed in Subsection 
(b);
		(2)  two recent color passport photographs of the 
applicant;                
		(3)  a certified copy of the applicant's birth 
certificate or certified proof of age;
		(4)  proof of residency in this state;                                        
		(5)  two complete sets of legible and classifiable 
fingerprints of the applicant taken by a person appropriately 
trained in recording fingerprints who is employed by a law 
enforcement agency or by a private entity designated by a law 
enforcement agency as an entity qualified to take fingerprints of 
an applicant for a license under this subchapter;
		(6)  a nonrefundable application and license fee of 
$110 [$140] paid to the department;
		(7)  a handgun proficiency certificate described by 
Section 411.189;        
		(8)  an affidavit signed by the applicant stating that 
the applicant:       
			(A)  has read and understands each provision of 
this subchapter that creates an offense under the laws of this state 
and each provision of the laws of this state related to use of 
deadly force; and
			(B)  fulfills all the eligibility requirements 
listed under Section 411.172; and
		(9)  a form executed by the applicant that authorizes 
the director to make an inquiry into any noncriminal history 
records that are necessary to determine the applicant's eligibility 
for a license under Section 411.172(a).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an application for a license to carry a concealed 
handgun made under Section 411.174, Government Code, as amended by 
this Act, on or after that date.