Amend CSHB 2730 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. DISPLAY OF LICENSE TO
CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN
SECTION ____.01. Sections 411.187(a) and (c), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A license may be suspended under this section if the
license holder:
(1) 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;
(2) [fails to display a license as required by Section
411.205;
[(3)] fails to notify the department of a change of
address or name as required by Section 411.181;
(3) [(4)] carries a concealed handgun under the
authority of this subchapter of a different category than the
license holder is licensed to carry;
(4) [(5)] fails to return a previously issued license
after a license is modified as required by Section 411.184(d);
(5) [(6)] commits an act of family violence and is the
subject of an active protective order rendered under Title 4,
Family Code; or
(6) [(7)] is arrested for an offense involving family
violence or an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, and is the
subject of an order for emergency protection issued under Article
17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) A license may be suspended under this section:
(1) for 30 days, if the person's license is subject to
suspension for a reason listed in Subsection (a)(2), (3) [(a)(3)],
or (4), [or (5),] except as provided by Subdivision (2) [(3)];
(2) [for 90 days, if the person's license is subject to
suspension for a reason listed in Subsection (a)(2), except as
provided by Subdivision (3);
[(3)] for not less than one year and not more than three
years if the person's license is subject to suspension for a reason
listed in Subsection (a), other than the reason listed in
Subsection (a)(1), and the person's license has been previously
suspended for the same reason;
(3) [(4)] until dismissal of the charges if the
person's license is subject to suspension for the reason listed in
Subsection (a)(1); or
(4) [(5)] for the duration of or the period specified
by:
(A) the protective order issued under Title 4,
Family Code, if the person's license is subject to suspension for
the reason listed in Subsection (a)(5) [(a)(6)]; or
(B) the order for emergency protection issued
under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the person's
license is subject to suspension for the reason listed in
Subsection (a)(6) [(a)(7)].
SECTION ____.02. Section 411.205, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY [DISPLAYING]
LICENSE[; PENALTY]. [(a)] If a license holder is carrying a
handgun on or about the license holder's person when a magistrate or
a peace officer demands that the license holder display
identification, the license holder shall display both the license
holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by
the department and the license holder's handgun license. [A person
who fails or refuses to display the license and identification as
required by this subsection is subject to suspension of the
person's license as provided by Section 411.187.]
[(b) A person commits an offense if the person fails or
refuses to display the license and identification as required by
Subsection (a) after previously having had the person's license
suspended for a violation of that subsection. An offense under this
subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.]
SECTION ____.03. An offense under Section 411.205,
Government Code, may not be prosecuted after the effective date of
this article. If, on the effective date of this article, a criminal
action is pending for an offense under Section 411.205, the action
is dismissed on that date. However, a final conviction for an
offense under Section 411.205 that exists on the effective date of
this article is unaffected by this article.
SECTION ____.04. This article takes effect September 1,
2009.