H.B. No. 1349

	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 D of 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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1349 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 115, Nays 29, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1349 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 5,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1349 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays
	6.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor