87R7746 ADM-D
	By: Sanford, Guillen	H.B. No. 2169

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the eligibility requirements for a license to carry a
	handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.172(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  A person is eligible for a license to carry a handgun if
	the person:
	(1)  is a legal resident of this state for the six-month
	period preceding the date of application under this subchapter or
	is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 411.173(a);
	(2)  is at least 21 years of age;
	(3)  has not been convicted of a felony;
	(4)  is not charged with the commission of a Class A or
	Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense, or of an offense under
	Section 42.01, Penal Code, or equivalent offense, or of a felony
	under an information or indictment;
	(5)  is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a
	Class A or Class B misdemeanor or equivalent offense;
	(6)  is not a chemically dependent person;
	(7)  is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with
	respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun;
	(8)  has not, in the five years preceding the date of
	application, been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or
	equivalent offense or of an offense under Section 42.01, Penal
	Code, or equivalent offense;
	(9)  is fully qualified under applicable federal and
	state law to purchase a handgun;
	(10)  has not been finally determined to be delinquent
	in making a child support payment administered or collected by the
	attorney general;
	(11)  [has not been finally determined to be delinquent
	in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller,
	the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any
	agency or subdivision of the state;
	[(12)]  is not currently restricted under a court
	protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the
	spousal relationship, other than a restraining order solely
	affecting property interests;
	(12) [(13)]  has not, in the 10 years preceding the
	date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in
	delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
	(13) [(14)]  has not made any material
	misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an
	application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun
	submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
	submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.