By: Springer, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 698
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
  May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
  Justice; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain procedures for submitting legible and
  classifiable fingerprints with 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.  PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING FINGERPRINTS. The
  department shall establish procedures for the submission of legible
  and classifiable fingerprints by an applicant for a license under
  this subchapter who:
               (1)  is required to submit those fingerprints to the
  department, including an applicant under Section 411.199,
  411.1991, or 411.201; and
               (2)  resides in a county having a population of 46,000
  or less and does not reside within a 25-mile radius of a facility
  with the capability to process digital or electronic fingerprints.
         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.
 
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