By: Canales, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3443
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2023;
  May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or
  commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed
  to carry a handgun.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 507.001(b), Business & Commerce Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section does not affect:
               (1)  the requirement to display a handgun license under
  Section 411.205, Government Code[, that a person subject to that
  section present a driver's license or identification certificate in
  addition to a concealed handgun license]; or
               (2)  the types of identification required under federal
  law to access airport premises or pass through airport security.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.1795 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1795.  DESIGNATION ON DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE. The department shall adopt rules
  allowing an applicant for an original, duplicate, modified, or
  renewed license under this subchapter, in addition to being issued
  an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license, to elect to
  include on the person's driver's license or commercial driver's
  license a designation indicating that the person is licensed under
  this subchapter.  The rules must include procedures to ensure that a
  person who makes an election under this section:
               (1)  receives a designation on the person's driver's
  license or commercial driver's license only if the person meets the
  requirements for issuance of the original, duplicate, modified, or
  renewed handgun license; and
               (2)  maintains the designation only during the period
  for which the person is licensed to carry a handgun under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 3.  Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 411.205.  REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license
  holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person
  when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder
  display identification, the license holder shall display:
               (1)  either of the following:
                     (A)  the license holder's driver's license or
  commercial driver's license that includes a handgun license
  designation under Section 521.128 or 522.030, Transportation Code;
  or
                     (B)  both the license holder's driver's license,
  commercial driver's license, or personal identification
  certificate issued by the department and the license holder's
  handgun license; and
               (2)  if the license holder's handgun license bears a
  protective order designation, a copy of the applicable court order
  under which the license holder is protected.
         SECTION 4.  Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 521.128 to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.128.  HANDGUN LICENSE DESIGNATION.  The department
  shall include on each driver's license issued to a person licensed
  to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government
  Code, who makes an election under Section 411.1795, Government
  Code, a designation that shows the person is licensed under that
  subchapter. The designation must include the person's handgun
  license number and a statement of the period for which the handgun
  license is effective.
         SECTION 5.  Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  The department shall include on each commercial
  driver's license issued to a person licensed to carry a handgun
  under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, who makes an
  election under Section 411.1795, Government Code, a designation
  that shows the person is licensed under that subchapter.  The
  designation must include the person's handgun license number and a
  statement of the period for which the handgun license is effective.
         SECTION 6.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Department
  of Public Safety shall adopt the rules required by Section
  411.1795, Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 7.  (a) Section 411.1795, Government Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original,
  duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under
  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act,
  who submits the application on or after January 1, 2024.
         (b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Chapters 521 and
  522, Transportation Code, apply only to a driver's license or
  commercial driver's license issued or renewed under Chapter 521 or
  522, Transportation Code, on or after January 1, 2024.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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