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By:  Talton                                                       H.B. No. 3288



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility for a license to carry a concealed handgun.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.172(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  For the purposes of this section, an offense under the 
laws of this state, another state, or the United States is:
		(1)  a felony if the offense, at the time of a person's 
application for a license to carry a concealed handgun:
			(A)  is [so] designated by a law of this state as a 
felony;
			(B)  contains all the elements of an offense 
designated by a law of this state as a felony; or
			(C)  is punishable by [or if] confinement for one 
year or more in a penitentiary [is affixed to the offense as a 
possible punishment]; and
		(2)  a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is not a 
felony and confinement in a jail other than a state jail felony 
facility is affixed as a possible punishment.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.