83R18819 PEP-D
	By: Springer, Hughes, Flynn, et al.	H.B. No. 698
	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 698:
	By:  Pickett	C.S.H.B. No. 698

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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)  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.