80R1486 BDH-D
 
  By: Rose, Gattis, Leibowitz, Hughes H.B. No. 991
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by
the Department of Public Safety regarding persons licensed to carry
a concealed handgun.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.   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.]  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.
       SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.