Bill Text: TX HB158 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license that the person is licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-28 - Left pending in committee [HB158 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB158-Introduced.html
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| By: Taylor | H.B. No. 158 | |
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| relating to the designation on a person's driver's license or | ||
| commercial driver's license that the person is licensed to carry a | ||
| concealed handgun. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.127 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.127. CONCEALED HANDGUN DESIGNATION. The | ||
| department shall include on each driver's license issued to a | ||
| person licensed to carry a concealed 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, a statement of the period for | ||
| which the concealed handgun license is effective, and the category | ||
| or categories of handguns the person is licensed to carry. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The department shall include on each commercial | ||
| driver's license issued to a person licensed to carry a concealed | ||
| 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, a | ||
| statement of the period for which the concealed handgun license is | ||
| effective, and the category or categories of handguns the person is | ||
| licensed to carry. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.1795 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.1795. DRIVER'S LICENSE DESIGNATION. (a) The | ||
| department shall adopt rules allowing an applicant for the | ||
| issuance, modification, or renewal of a license under this | ||
| subchapter, in addition to or instead of being issued, modifying, | ||
| or renewing the license, to elect to include on the person's | ||
| 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 | ||
| receives and maintains a designation on the person's driver's | ||
| license only if the person meets the requirements for the issuance | ||
| or modification and any necessary renewal of the license under this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| (b) The department may collect a fee from a person who makes | ||
| an election under this section in an amount necessary to cover the | ||
| cost of administering this section. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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 either: | ||
| (1) the license holder's driver's license that | ||
| includes a concealed handgun designation under Section 521.127 or | ||
| 522.030, Transportation Code; or | ||
| (2) both the license holder's driver's license or | ||
| identification certificate issued by the department and the license | ||
| holder's handgun license. | ||
| SECTION 5. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt | ||
| rules as required by Sections 521.127 and 522.030(d), | ||
| Transportation Code, and 411.1795, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, not later than November 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a license issued or renewed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, | ||
| Government Code, or Chapter 521 or 522, Transportation Code, on or | ||
| after January 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
