TITLE: Relating to information that may be requested by the Department of Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed handgun license.

SUMMARY: Relating to information that may be requested by the Department of Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed handgun license.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to information that may be requested by the Department of Public Safety from a person applying for or renewing a concealed handgun license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 231.302, Family Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), to [To] assist in the administration of laws relating to child support enforcement under Parts A and Dof Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 601-617 and 651-669): (1) each licensing authority shall request and each applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social security number; (2) each agency administering a contract that provides for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006 [ Family Code];and (3) each agency administering a state-funded grant or loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by Section 231.006 [ Family Code].(c-1) For purposes of issuing a license to carry a concealed handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, the Department of Public Safety is not required to request, and an applicant is not required to provide, the applicant's social security number. SECTION 2. Section 411.174, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) The department may not request or require an applicant to provide the applicant's social security number as part of an application under this section. SECTION 3. Section 411.185, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The department may not request or require a license holder to provide the license holder's social security number to renew a license under this section. SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for the issuance or renewal of a license to carry a concealed handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.