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.