H.B. No. 1483




AN ACT
relating to the method of payment for a concealed handgun license and the fee for a duplicate or modified license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 411.196, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 411.196. METHOD OF PAYMENT. A person may pay a fee required by this subchapter [only] by cash, credit card, personal check, cashier's check, or money order. A person who pays a fee required by this subchapter by cash must pay the fee in person. Checks or money orders must be made payable to the "Texas Department of Public Safety[," or any other method approved by the department]." A person whose payment for a fee required by this subchapter is dishonored or reversed must pay any future fees required by this subchapter by cashier's check or money order made payable to the "Texas Department of Public Safety." A fee received by the department under this subchapter is nonrefundable. SECTION 2. Section 411.186, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (a) A license may be revoked under this section if the license holder: (1) was not entitled to the license at the time it was issued; (2) gave false information on the application; (3) subsequently becomes ineligible for a license under Section 411.172, unless the sole basis for the ineligibility is that the license holder is charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or of a felony under an information or indictment; (4) is convicted of an offense under Section 46.035, Penal Code; [or] (5) is determined by the department to have engaged in conduct constituting a reason to suspend a license listed in Section 411.187(a) after the person's license has been previously suspended twice for the same reason; or (6) submits an application fee that is dishonored or reversed. (c) A license holder whose license is revoked for a reason listed in Subsections (a)(1)-(5) [this section] may reapply as a new applicant for the issuance of a license under this subchapter after the second anniversary of the date of the revocation if the cause for revocation does not exist on the date of the second anniversary. If the cause for revocation exists on the date of the second anniversary after the date of revocation, the license holder may not apply for a new license until the cause for revocation no longer exists and has not existed for a period of two years. (d) A license holder whose license is revoked under Subsection (a)(6) may reapply for an original or renewed license at any time, provided the application fee and a dishonored payment charge of $25 is paid by cashier's check or money order made payable to the "Texas Department of Public Safety." SECTION 3. Section 411.181, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: (i) A license holder whose application fee for a duplicate license under this section is dishonored or reversed may reapply for a duplicate license at any time, provided the application fee and a dishonored payment charge of $25 is paid by cashier's check or money order made payable to the "Texas Department of Public Safety." SECTION 4. Section 411.184, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) A license holder whose application fee for a modified license under this section is dishonored or reversed may reapply for a modified license at any time, provided the application fee and a dishonored payment charge of $25 is paid by cashier's check or money order made payable to the "Texas Department of Public Safety." SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an applicant for an original, renewed, duplicate, or modified license under Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act, who submits the application on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1483 was passed by the House on April 26, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1483 on May 27, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1483 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor