H.B. No. 698

	AN ACT
	relating to certain procedures for submitting legible and
	classifiable fingerprints with an application for a license to
	carry a concealed handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.175 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.175.  PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING FINGERPRINTS. The
	department shall establish procedures for the submission of legible
	and classifiable fingerprints by an applicant for a license under
	this subchapter who:
	(1)  is required to submit those fingerprints to the
	department, including an applicant under Section 411.199,
	411.1991, or 411.201; and
	(2)  resides in a county having a population of 46,000
	or less and does not reside within a 25-mile radius of a facility
	with the capability to process digital or electronic fingerprints.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun that is
	submitted to the Department of Public Safety on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 698 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 5, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 698 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor