83R1488 AJZ-D
	By: Taylor	H.B. No. 158

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.