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Amend HB 225 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 
renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 411.192, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 411.192.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.  (a)  The 
department shall disclose to a criminal justice agency information 
contained in its files and records regarding whether a named 
individual or any individual named in a specified list is licensed 
under this subchapter.  The department shall, on written request 
and payment of a reasonable fee to cover costs of copying, disclose 
to any other individual whether a named individual or any 
individual whose full name is listed on a specified written list is 
licensed under this subchapter only if criminal history record 
information maintained by the department indicates that the 
individual about whom the inquiry is made has been the subject of an 
arrest, an indictment, or a conviction for an offense.  Information 
on an individual subject to disclosure under this section includes 
the individual's name, date of birth, gender, race, and zip code.  
Except as otherwise provided by this section and by Section 
411.193, all other records maintained under this subchapter are 
confidential and are not subject to mandatory disclosure under the 
open records law, Chapter 552.
	(b)  An [, except that the] applicant or license holder may 
be furnished a copy of disclosable records regarding the applicant 
or license holder on request and the payment of a reasonable fee.
	(c)  The department shall notify a license holder of any 
request that is made for information relating to the license holder 
under this section and provide the name of the person or agency 
making the request.
	(d)  This section does not prohibit the department from 
making public and distributing to the public at no cost lists of 
individuals who are certified as qualified handgun instructors by 
the department.
	(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, on page 1, line 16, strike 
"This Act" and substitute "The change in law made by this Act to 
Section 411.183(b), Government Code,".