By: Hall  S.B. No. 1253
         (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 12, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
  Nays 0; April 12, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to carry a handgun
  for purposes of reciprocity with other states.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.177, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e) For the purpose of reciprocity with other states, the
  department shall issue a license under this subchapter to each
  applicant who meets all the eligibility requirements and submits
  all the application materials, regardless of whether the applicant
  may legally carry a handgun without a license in this state under
  Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other state law.
         SECTION 2.  Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  For the purpose of reciprocity with other states, the
  department shall renew the license of each license holder who meets
  all the eligibility requirements to continue to hold a license and
  who submits all the renewal materials described by Subsection (a),
  regardless of whether the license holder may legally carry a
  handgun without a license in this state under Chapter 46, Penal
  Code, or other state law.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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