83R2801 PEP-D
 
  By: Springer H.B. No. 698
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of digital or electronic fingerprinting for an
  application for a license to carry a concealed handgun.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.175 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.175.  DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC FINGERPRINTS. An
  applicant for a license under this subchapter who is required to
  submit legible and classifiable fingerprints to the department,
  including an applicant under Section 411.199, 411.1991, or 411.201,
  may be required to submit digital or electronic fingerprints only
  if a facility with the capability to process those fingerprints
  exists within a 25-mile radius of the applicant's residence
  address.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun that is
  submitted to the Department of Public Safety on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.