renew 10 days early, carry 90 days past expiration

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By: Holt
H.B. No. 377

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an expiration date extension for a license to carry a

handgun following renewal materials submission.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 411.1851 to read as follows:

Sec. 411.1851. EXTENSION OF LICENSE EXPIRATION DATE

FOLLOWING RENEWAL MATERIALS SUBMISSION. (a) The expiration date

of a license is extended to the 90th day after the expiration date

as printed on the license if, on or before the 10th day before the

printed expiration date, the license holder submits by mail or on

the Internet the renewal materials described by Section 411.185(a).

(b) On the license holder's submission of the renewal

materials under Subsection (a), the department shall promptly

provide to the license holder by mail or electronically, as

applicable, a receipt indicating the extended expiration date of

the license.

(c) For purposes of Chapters 30 and 46, Penal Code, and the

other laws of this state, a person who receives an extension under

this section is considered to hold an unexpired license for the

additional period permitted under Subsection (a) if the person

carries both the receipt described by Subsection (b) and the

person's expired license while the person carries a handgun.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a handgun license that expires on or after the effective date of

this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.