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by yakadoo
Fri May 17, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: General Legislative Discussions
Topic: HB 2949 - Expedited Special License for Certain At-Risk Persons
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Re: HB 2949 - Expedited Special License for Certain At-Risk Persons

This bill is dead, but SB 1691 is still alive and has a similar (albeit more limited) impact; it provides that if an applicant is protected by a protective order, DPS must either issue a license or give notification of denial "as soon as practicable," and the applicable license fee (original, renewal, duplicate) must be waived. SB 1691 does not add any exceptions to prohibited locations for license holders.

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/b ... 01691E.htm

(On a side note, HB 2949 would not have permitted people with an "at-risk designation" to ignore 30.06 or 30.07 signs, since those sections do not rely on 46.02 or 46.03 for their applicability. Such individuals would be carrying under the authority of "Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law)," so effective notice of a 30.06 or 30.07 prohibition would still apply to them. The reason that peace officers and some other classes mentioned in 46.15 don't have to pay attention to those signs is not because 46.02 and 46.03 don't apply to them, but because they are carrying under different legal authority.)

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