Bill Text: TX HB2066 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for certain applicants to obtain an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun; waiving fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2066 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2066-Introduced.html

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85R8031 JSC-D
By: Phillips H.B. No. 2066

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for certain applicants to obtain an
original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a
handgun; waiving fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 411.1991, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1991. PEACE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF TEXAS MILITARY
FORCES.
SECTION 2. Section 411.1991, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(b) The department may issue a license under this subchapter
to an applicant under this section if the applicant complies with
Subsection (a-1) or rules adopted under Subsection (a-2), as
applicable, and meets all other requirements of this subchapter,
except that the applicant is not required to complete the handgun
proficiency course described by Section 411.188.
(b-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subchapter, the department shall waive any fee required for the
issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license
under this subchapter for an applicant under this section.
(d) A license issued to an applicant under this section
expires as provided by Section 411.183.
SECTION 3. Section 411.1951, Government Code, is
redesignated as Section 411.1994, Government Code, and amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 411.1994 [411.1951]. CERTAIN MILITARY SERVICE [WAIVER
OR REDUCTION OF FEES FOR] MEMBERS AND [OR] VETERANS [OF UNITED
STATES ARMED FORCES]. (a) In this section, "veteran" means a
person who:
(1) has served in:
(A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or
marine corps of the United States;
(B) the Texas military forces as defined by
Section 437.001; or
(C) an auxiliary service of one of those branches
of the armed forces; and
(2) has been honorably discharged from the branch of
the service in which the person served.
(b) This section applies only to an [Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subchapter, the department shall waive any
fee required for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified,
or renewed license under this subchapter if the] applicant for a
[the] license under this subchapter who is:
(1) a member of the United States armed forces,
including a member of the reserves, national guard, or state guard;
or
(2) a veteran [who, within 365 days preceding the date
of the application, was honorably discharged from the branch of
service in which the person served].
(c) The department may issue a license under this subchapter
to an applicant under this section if the applicant meets all
requirements of this subchapter, except that the applicant is not
required to complete the handgun proficiency course described by
Section 411.188.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
the department shall waive any fee required for the issuance of an
original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license under this
subchapter for an applicant under this section.
(e) A license issued to an applicant under this section
expires as provided by Section 411.183 [Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subchapter, if the applicant is a veteran who,
more than 365 days preceding the date of the application, was
honorably discharged from the branch of the service in which the
applicant served:
[(1) the applicant must pay a fee of $25 for the
issuance of an original or renewed license under this subchapter;
and
[(2) the department shall reduce by 50 percent any fee
required of the applicant for a duplicate or modified license under
this subchapter].
SECTION 4. Sections 411.1881 and 411.1991(c), Government
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application that is made to obtain an original, duplicate,
modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun and submitted on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application described by
this section that is submitted before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.