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Amend HB 225 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered sections:
	SECTION ____.  Section 411.173(a), Government Code, as 
amended by Chapters 255 and 752, Acts of the 78th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department by rule shall establish a procedure for a 
person who meets the eligibility requirements of this subchapter 
other than the residency requirement established by Section 
411.172(a)(1) to obtain a license under this subchapter if the 
person is a legal resident of another [a] state [that does not 
provide for the issuance of a license to carry a concealed handgun] 
or if the person relocates to this state with the intent to 
establish residency in this state.  The procedure must include 
payment of a fee in an amount sufficient to recover the average cost 
to the department of obtaining a criminal history record check and 
investigation on a nonresident applicant.  A license issued in 
accordance with the procedure established under this subsection [If 
a state whose residents may obtain a license under this subsection 
enacts a law providing for the issuance of a license to carry a 
concealed handgun, a license issued to a resident of that state]:
		(1)  remains in effect until the license expires under 
Section 411.183; and 
		(2)  may be renewed under Section 411.185 [until the 
time a license issued by the other state is recognized by this state 
under Subsection (b)].
	SECTION ____.  Section 411.173(b), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The governor shall negotiate an agreement with any other 
state that provides for the issuance of a license to carrry a 
concealed handgun under which a license issued by the other state is 
recognized in this state or shall issue a proclamation that a 
license issued by the other state is recognized in this state if the 
attorney general of the State of Texas determines that a background 
check of each applicant for a license issued by that state is 
initiated [conducted] by state or local authorities or an agent of 
the state or local authorities before the license is issued [to 
determine the applicants' eligibility to possess a firearm under 
federal law].  For purposes of this subsection, "background check" 
means a search of the National Crime Information Center database 
and the Interstate Identification Index maintained by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation.
	SECTION ____.  Section 411.173(a-1), Government Code, is 
repealed.