Amend SB 17 (Senate Committee Printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.184 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.184. ANNUAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. (a) The department shall annually, for each license holder:
(1) conduct a criminal history record check of the license holder through its computerized criminal history record system; and
(2) perform a search of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) If the department finds that the license holder is no longer eligible to hold a license under this subchapter, the department shall revoke the license as authorized by Section 411.186(a)(3).
SECTION ____. (a) Section 411.184, Government Code, applies to a person who holds a license to carry a concealed handgun on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the license was issued or renewed before, on, or after that date.
(b) Before September 1, 2016, the Department of Public Safety shall complete the initial annual background check under Section 411.184, Government Code, as added by this Act, on each person who holds a license on the effective date of this Act.
(c) The Department of Public Safety is not required to complete the background check described by Subsection (b) of this section with respect to a license holder if the department conducts a background check on that license holder on or after the effective date of this Act but before September 1, 2016, in the course of renewing the person's license. However, on or after September 1, 2016, the department shall begin conducting annual background checks on the license holder as required by Section 411.184, Government Code, as added by this Act.