Bill Text: TX HB2739 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a concealed handgun license as valid proof of personal identification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2739 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2739-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2739 | ||
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| relating to the use of a concealed handgun license as valid proof of | ||
| personal identification. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 11, Business & Commerce Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Chapter 506 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 506. CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSES AS VALID FORMS OF | ||
| PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION | ||
| Sec. 506.001. CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE AS VALID PROOF OF | ||
| IDENTIFICATION. (a) A person may not deny the holder of a | ||
| concealed handgun license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, | ||
| Government Code, access to goods, services, or facilities, except | ||
| as provided by Section 521.460, Transportation Code, or in regard | ||
| to the operation of a motor vehicle, because the holder has or | ||
| presents a concealed handgun license rather than a driver's license | ||
| or other acceptable form of personal identification. | ||
| (b) This section does not affect: | ||
| (1) the requirement 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2739 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 7, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2739 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
