HBA-DMD H.B. 1165 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1165
By: Hupp
Public Safety
4/14/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, any person may obtain information from the Department of
Public Safety (department) pertaining to another person's status as a
holder of a concealed handgun license. H.B. 1165 deletes the department's
requirement to disclose to an individual whether another named individual
or any individual has a concealed handgun license.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 411.192, Government Code, to delete the
requirement that the Department of Public Safety disclose to any other
individual, on written request and payment of a reasonable fee to cover
costs of copying, whether a named individual or any individual whose full
name is listed on a specified written list is licensed under this
subchapter.  Creates Subsections (a)(c) from existing text.  Makes
conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 2.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.