87R1400 JSC-D
 
  By: Meza H.B. No. 603
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting this state from recognizing a license to
  carry a handgun issued by another state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.173(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A [The governor shall negotiate an agreement with any
  other state that provides for the issuance of a] license to carry a
  handgun [under which a license] issued by another [the other] state
  may not be [is] recognized in this state [or shall issue a
  proclamation that a license issued by the other state is recognized
  in this state if the attorney general of the State of Texas
  determines that a background check of each applicant for a license
  issued by that state is initiated by state or local authorities or
  an agent of the state or local authorities before the license is
  issued. For purposes of this subsection, "background check" means a
  search of the National Crime Information Center database and the
  Interstate Identification Index maintained by the Federal Bureau of
  Investigation].
         SECTION 2.  Sections 411.173(c) and (d), Government Code,
  are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the governor and the Department of Public Safety shall
  take all appropriate actions to revoke, rescind, cancel, or modify
  any agreements or proclamations that exist on the effective date of
  this Act and are inconsistent with the changes in law made by this
  Act.
         SECTION 4.  A handgun license that is issued by another state
  and valid on August 31, 2021, is recognized in this state until the
  agreement or proclamation authorizing the recognition of that
  license is revoked, rescinded, canceled, or modified as required by
  this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.