84R11287 DDT-F
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 2739
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of a concealed handgun license as valid proof of
  personal identification.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 11, Business & Commerce Code,
  is amended by adding Chapter 506 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 506.  CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSES AS VALID FORMS OF
  PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
         Sec. 506.001.  CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE AS VALID PROOF OF
  IDENTIFICATION.  (a)  A person may not deny the holder of a
  concealed handgun license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
  Government Code, access to goods, services, or facilities, except
  as provided by Section 521.460, Transportation Code, or in regard
  to the operation of a motor vehicle, because the holder has or
  presents a concealed handgun license rather than a driver's license
  or other acceptable form of personal identification.
         (b)  This section does not affect:
               (1)  the requirement under Section 411.205, Government
  Code, that a person subject to that section present a driver's
  license or identification certificate in addition to a concealed
  handgun license; or
               (2)  the types of identification required under federal
  law to access airport premises or pass through airport security.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.