| � |
| � |
| � |
|
�
|
AN ACT
|
|
�
|
relating to the requirements for renewal of a license to carry a |
|
�
|
concealed handgun. |
|
�
|
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
�
|
�������SECTION�1.��Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended |
|
�
|
to read as follows: |
|
�
|
�������(a)��To renew a license, a license holder must: |
|
�
|
�������������(1)��complete a continuing education course in handgun |
|
�
|
proficiency under Section 411.188(c) within the six-month period |
|
�
|
preceding: |
|
�
|
�������������������(A)��[not more than six months before] the date of |
|
�
|
application for renewal, for a first or second renewal; and |
|
�
|
�������������������(B)��the date of application for renewal or the |
|
�
|
date of application for the preceding renewal, for a third or |
|
�
|
subsequent renewal, to ensure that the license holder is not |
|
�
|
required to complete the course more than once in any 10-year |
|
�
|
period; |
|
�
|
�������������(2)��obtain a handgun proficiency certificate under |
|
�
|
Section 411.189 within the six-month period preceding: |
|
�
|
�������������������(A)��[not more than six months before] the date of |
|
�
|
application for renewal, for a first or second renewal; and |
|
�
|
�������������������(B)��the date of application for renewal or the |
|
�
|
date of application for the preceding renewal, for a third or |
|
�
|
subsequent renewal, to ensure that the license holder is not |
|
�
|
required to obtain the certificate more than once in any 10-year |
|
�
|
period; and |
|
�
|
�������������(3)��submit to the department: |
|
�
|
�������������������(A)��an application for renewal on a form provided |
|
�
|
by the department; |
|
�
|
�������������������(B)��a copy of the handgun proficiency |
|
�
|
certificate; |
|
�
|
�������������������(C)��payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee as set |
|
�
|
by the department; and |
|
�
|
�������������������(D)��two recent color passport photographs of the |
|
�
|
applicant. |
|
�
|
�������SECTION�2.��The change in law made by this Act applies only |
|
�
|
to a license that is renewed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, |
|
�
|
Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. |
|
�
|
�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
| � |
| � |
| � |
______________________________ |
______________________________ |
| � |
���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
| � |
| � |
|
�
|
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1839 was passed by the House on April |
|
�
|
13, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
|
�
|
voting. |
|
�
|
|
|
�
|
______________________________ |
|
�
|
Chief Clerk of the House��� |
| � |
| � |
|
�
|
�������I certify that H.B. No. 1839 was passed by the Senate on May |
|
�
|
22, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|
�
|
|
|
�
|
______________________________ |
|
�
|
Secretary of the Senate���� |
|
�
|
APPROVED:��_____________________ |
|
�
|
�������������������Date���������� |
|
�
|
� |
|
�
|
����������_____________________ |
|
�
|
�����������������Governor������� |