Excerpt from an NRA Alert:
TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSES NINE PRO-GUN BILLS
IN THE 79TH REGULAR SESSION
Thanks to your phone calls and e-mails, the Texas Legislature adjourned
sine die on May 30, after having passed an unprecedented number of
pro-gun bills to protect hunting, benefit our troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan, further reform the state`s Right-to-Carry law, and--at the
same time--expand your right to self-defense without a license:
* SB 734 by Sen. Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands) and Rep. Anna Mowery
(R-Fort Worth) protects hunting opportunities on private lands annexed
by municipalities (already signed by Governor Rick Perry (R));
* HB 225 by Rep. Joe Driver (R-Garland) and Sen. Bob Deuell
(R-Greenville) extends term of renewed concealed handgun licenses (CHLs)
from four to five years;
* HB 322 by Rep. Suzanna Hupp (R-Lampasas) and Sen. Craig Estes
(R-Wichita Falls) reduces fees and lowers the minimum age requirement
for a CHL from 21 to 18 for active military personnel;
* HB 685 by Rep. Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs) and Sen. Leticia Van
de Putte (D-San Antonio) eliminates the range instruction portion of CHL
course for military personnel with handgun training (already signed by
Governor Rick Perry );
* HB 823 by Rep. Terry Keel (R-Austin) and Sen. Juan Hinojosa
(D-McAllen) legalizes the carrying of concealed handguns in private
vehicles without a CHL;
* HB 1038 by Rep. Carl Isett (R-Lubbock) and Sen. Kim Brimer (R-Fort
Worth) reduces CHL renewal fees for senior citizens;
* HB 1066 by Rep. Glenn Hegar (R-Katy) allows residents of all other
states to apply for Texas CHLs and streamlines requirements for other
states to qualify for CHL reciprocity with Texas (passed as an amendment
to HB 225 by Rep. Joe Driver and Sen. Bob Deuell);
* HB 1483 by Rep. Stephen Frost (D-Atlanta) and Sen. Kevin Eltife
(R-Tyler) expands possible methods of payment for CHL application fees,
and
* HB 1831 by Rep. Robert Talton (R-Houston) and Sen. Juan Hinojosa
(D-McAllen) exempts certain deferred adjudications from definition of
"convicted" for CHL eligibility.
Special thanks go to House Speaker Tom Craddick (R) and Lt. Governor
David Dewhurst (R) for their leadership on these issues which are so
important to Texans` Second Amendment rights!
Governor Rick Perry (R) has until June 19 to sign the measures that he
has not yet already signed.
Additionally, all anti-gun measures were defeated this session!
To view copies of these bills, please go to www.house.state.tx.us.
Please take a moment to thank the sponsors of these bills for their hard
work. E-mail addresses for them are as follows: For House Members:
[email protected]. For Senators:
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-AndyB
