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The lowest felony in Texas is a state jail felony and it begins at $1,500. The law was changed in 2005 when a TSRA bill was amended to add a provision that makes a felony disqualifying only if it is a felony at the time a person files an application for a CHL. The intent was to help people who were convicted of crimes (like possession of marijuana in small amounts) that were once felonies, but now are not. The language should require that the offense was a felony at the time it was committed and at the time of application for a CHL. This needs to be fixed in 2009.

However, as mentioned, if the property is valued at more than $1,500, then it's a felony by Texas standards now and it would also have been a felony in the 1990's.

Some states have two to five year misdemeanors and that's why Texas views the potential sentence, rather than accepting another state's designation of a misdemeanor and/or felony.

Chas.

Here is the controlling statute:

Gov't Code §411.171(b) wrote:(b) For the purposes of this section, an offense under the
laws of this state, another state, or the United States is:

• (1) a felony if the offense, at the time of a person's
  application for a license to carry a concealed handgun:
  • (A) is designated by a law of this state as a
    felony;
    (B) contains all the elements of an offense
    designated by a law of this state as a felony; or
    (C) is punishable by confinement for one year or
    more in a penitentiary;

Arthur McNeel wrote:Thank you for your reply,
I am not disurbed by the access to my information accessability, just suprised. The information was about 30+ years ago, not yesterday. No need to hide the thread. I would like to change my screen name to something a little less conspicuous though. Please let me know how to do so.
Thanks again,
Arthur

Send me a PM giving me your new screen name and I'll change it for you. When I make the change, you'll get another activation email asking you to click on the link to reactivate your registration. All your posts will remain, just remember to use your new screen name and old password.

Chas.

Arthur McNeel wrote:How did this get from here to there? I looked me up on the internet today, just bored I guess, but my post is listed on the internet as general information. I did not know that what I discussed with you guys was information for the whole world.

As Jim mentioned, various search engines run robots on websites all over the world. You can see the Googlebot on this board frequently and it's gathering information for the Google search engine.

I can delete this thread and I'm not sure how long it will be held in cache. Another alternative is for me to change your screen name to something else. Let me know if you'd like to do that.

Chas.