79R5765 UM-F

By:  Frost                                                        H.B. No. 1483



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the method of payment for a concealed handgun license 
and the fee for a duplicate or modified license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.196, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 411.196.  METHOD OF PAYMENT.  A person may pay a fee 
required by this subchapter [only] by cash, credit card, personal 
check, cashier's check, or money order. Checks or money orders must 
be made payable to the "Texas Department of Public Safety[," or any 
other method approved by the department]."  A fee received by the 
department under this subchapter is nonrefundable.
	SECTION 2.  Section 411.186, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read 
as follows:
	(a)  A license may be revoked under this section if the 
license holder:      
		(1)  was not entitled to the license at the time it was 
issued;             
		(2)  gave false information on the application;                               
		(3)  subsequently becomes ineligible for a license 
under Section 411.172, unless the sole basis for the ineligibility 
is that the license holder is charged with the commission of a Class 
A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal 
Code, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
		(4)  is convicted of an offense under Section 46.035, 
Penal Code; [or]
		(5)  is determined by the department to have engaged in 
conduct constituting a reason to suspend a license listed in 
Section 411.187(a) after the person's license has been previously 
suspended twice for the same reason; or
		(6)  submits an application fee that is dishonored or 
reversed.      
	(c)  A license holder whose license is revoked for a reason 
listed in Subsections (a)(1)-(5) [this section] may reapply as a 
new applicant for the issuance of a license under this subchapter 
after the second anniversary of the date of the revocation if the 
cause for revocation does not exist on the date of the second 
anniversary.  If the cause for revocation exists on the date of the 
second anniversary after the date of revocation, the license holder 
may not apply for a new license until the cause for revocation no 
longer exists and has not existed for a period of two years.
	(d)  A license holder whose license is revoked under 
Subsection (a)(6) may reapply for an original or renewed license at 
any time, provided the application fee and a dishonored payment 
charge of $25 is paid by cashier's check or money order made payable 
to the "Texas Department of Public Safety."
	SECTION 3.  Section 411.181(d), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(d)  The department shall charge a license holder a fee of 
$10 [$25] for a duplicate license.
	SECTION 4.  Section 411.184(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  To modify a license to allow a license holder to carry a 
handgun of a different category than the license indicates, the 
license holder must:
		(1)  complete a proficiency examination as provided by 
Section 411.188(e);  
		(2)  obtain a handgun proficiency certificate under 
Section 411.189 not more than six months before the date of 
application for a modified license;  and
		(3)  submit to the department:                                                
			(A)  an application for a modified license on a 
form provided by the department;
			(B)  a copy of the handgun proficiency 
certificate;                        
			(C)  payment of a modified license fee of $10 
[$25];  and
			(D)  two recent color passport photographs of the 
license holder.          
	SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act applies only to 
an applicant for a license under Chapter 411, Government Code, as 
amended by this Act, who submits the application on or after the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.