By: Hall	S.B. No. 1253
	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	April 12, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
	Nays 0; April 12, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses to carry a handgun
	for purposes of reciprocity with other states.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.177, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e) For the purpose of reciprocity with other states, the
	department shall issue a license under this subchapter to each
	applicant who meets all the eligibility requirements and submits
	all the application materials, regardless of whether the applicant
	may legally carry a handgun without a license in this state under
	Chapter 46, Penal Code, or other state law.
	SECTION 2.  Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  For the purpose of reciprocity with other states, the
	department shall renew the license of each license holder who meets
	all the eligibility requirements to continue to hold a license and
	who submits all the renewal materials described by Subsection (a),
	regardless of whether the license holder may legally carry a
	handgun without a license in this state under Chapter 46, Penal
	Code, or other state law.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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