HBA-KMH C.S.H.B. 1020 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1020
By: Hupp
Public Safety
4/16/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a person must be 21 years of age or older to obtain a license to
carry a concealed handgun. C.S.H.B. 1020 lowers the age to 18 for active
military personnel and reservists to obtain a license to carry a concealed
handgun.  This bill further provides that if a person is a member of the
armed forces as described in this section the person may satisfy a
condition for eligibility to carry a concealed handgun by being qualified
to possess a handgun. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 411.172(a), Government Code, to provide
eligibility for a person to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun
who is a member of the armed forces of the United States, including the
reserves or national guard as defined by Section 431.001 (State Militia),
Government Code, and who is 18 years of age.  Provides that if a person is
a member of the armed forces as described in this section the person
provides that if a person is a member of the armed forces as described in
this section the person may satisfy a condition for eligibility to carry a
concealed handgun by being qualified to possess a handgun. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that the text of Section 411.172(a), Government Code,
as set out in this Act, gives effect to changes made by Chapter 1261, Acts
of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997. Provides that this Act, to
the extent of any conflict, prevails over another Act of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, relating to nonsubstantive additions
and corrections in enacted codes. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 1020 modifies the original in SECTION 1 by deleting the proposed
eligibility to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun for a person
in the state militia who is less than 21 year of age and at least 18 years
of age. The substitute also modifies the original in Subsection (a)  by
providing that if a person is a member of the armed forces as described in
this section the person provides that if a person is a member of the armed
forces as described in this section the person may satisfy a condition for
eligibility to carry a concealed handgun by being qualified to possess a
handgun.