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      88(4) HB 61 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88S40026 AJZ-D
         
		By:  Bell of Montgomery
            H.B.  No.  61
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended 
         
            to read as follows:
         
                          (a)    To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before 
         
            the first anniversary of the date the license expires, submit to the 
         
            department by mail or, in accordance with the procedure adopted 
         
            under Subsection (f), on the Internet:
         
                                      (1)    a renewal application on a form provided by the 
         
            department;
         
                                      (2)    payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $40; and
         
                                      (3)    the informational form described by Subsection (c) 
         
            signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.
         
                          SECTION  2.    The change in law made by this Act applies to a 
         
            handgun license that expires before, on, or after the effective 
         
            date of this Act.
         
                          SECTION  3.    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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
         
            legislative session.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 411.185 (Government Code 411)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before
	the first anniversary of the date the license expires, submit to the
	department by mail or, in accordance with the procedure adopted
	under Subsection (f), on the Internet:
	(1) a renewal application on a form provided by the
	department;
	(2) payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $40; and
	(3) the informational form described by Subsection (c)
	signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
	handgun license that expires before, on, or after the effective
	date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.