Bill Text: TX HB4428 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the application for and expiration of a license to carry a handgun.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4428 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4428-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 4428
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application for and expiration of a license to carry
  a handgun.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 411.1741(a) and (b), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  When a person applies for an original or renewal license
  to carry a [concealed] handgun under this subchapter, the person
  may make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the fund for
  veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017.
         (b)  The department shall:
               (1)  include space on the first page of each
  application for an original or renewal license to carry a
  [concealed] handgun that allows a person applying for an original
  or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun to indicate the
  amount that the person is voluntarily contributing to the fund; and
               (2)  provide an opportunity for the person to
  contribute to the fund during the application process for an
  original or renewal license to carry a [concealed] handgun on the
  department's Internet website.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 411.181, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.181.  NOTICE OF CHANGE OF INFORMATION; DUPLICATE
  LICENSE [ADDRESS OR NAME].
         SECTION 3.  Section 411.181, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  If a license holder whose license will expire under
  Section 411.183(a)(1)(B) or (b)(1)(B) is granted an extension for
  the license holder's lawful presence in the United States as
  determined by the United States agency responsible for citizenship
  and immigration in compliance with federal law, the license holder
  may apply to the department for a duplicate license with an updated
  expiration date by providing to the department the person's license
  number and evidence of the extension. The duplicate license must
  provide for an expiration date, calculated in accordance with
  Section 411.183(a) or (b), as applicable, that takes into account
  the extension of the period for which the license holder may be
  lawfully present in the United States.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 411.183(a), (b), and (c), Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A license issued under this subchapter expires on:
               (1)  the earlier of:
                     (A)  the first birthday of the license holder
  occurring after the fourth anniversary of the date of issuance; or
                     (B)  the expiration of the license holder's lawful
  presence in the United States as determined by the United States
  agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
  with federal law; or
               (2)  the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if
  there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's lawful
  presence in the United States.
         (b)  A renewed license expires on:
               (1)  the earlier of:
                     (A)  the license holder's birthdate, five years
  after the date of the expiration of the previous license; or
                     (B)  the expiration of the license holder's lawful
  presence in the United States as determined by the United States
  agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
  with federal law; or
               (2)  the first anniversary of the date of renewal, if
  there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's lawful
  presence in the United States.
         (c)  Except as otherwise provided by Section 411.181(a-1), a
  [A] duplicate license expires on the date the license that was
  duplicated would have expired.
         SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate license to
  carry a handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this
  Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
  submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4428 was passed by the House on May
  10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 112, Nays 25, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4428 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 23, Nays 8.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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