By: Blanco, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez)	H.B. No. 3710
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
	May 15, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans'
	assistance when applying for a concealed handgun license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 434.017(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in
	the state treasury outside the general revenue fund.  The fund is
	composed of:
	(1)  money transferred to the fund at the direction of
	the legislature;
	(2)  gifts and grants contributed to the fund;
	(3)  the earnings of the fund;
	(4)  money transferred to the fund from proceeds of the
	lottery game operated under Section 466.027 or transferred to the
	fund under Section 466.408(b);
	(5)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
	Section 502.1746, Transportation Code; [and]
	(6)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
	Section 521.008, Transportation Code; and
	(7)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
	Section 411.1741.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.1741 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.1741.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO FUND FOR VETERANS'
	ASSISTANCE. (a)  When a person applies for an original or renewal
	license to carry a concealed handgun under this subchapter, the
	person may make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the fund
	for veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017.
	(b)  The department shall:
	(1)  include space on the first page of each
	application for an original or renewal license to carry a concealed
	handgun that allows a person applying for an original or renewal
	license to carry a concealed handgun to indicate the amount that the
	person is voluntarily contributing to the fund; and
	(2)  provide an opportunity for the person to
	contribute to the fund during the application process for an
	original or renewal license to carry a concealed handgun on the
	department's Internet website.
	(c)  The department shall send any contribution made under
	this section to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury to
	the credit of the fund for veterans' assistance not later than the
	14th day of each month.  Before sending the money to the fund, the
	department may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable
	expenses for administering this section.
	SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall modify the
	application form for a license to carry a concealed handgun to
	satisfy the requirement of Section 411.1741, Government Code, as
	added by this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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