86R8469 ADM-D
	By: Ramos	H.B. No. 2046

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the establishment of a grant pilot program to fund
	mental health initiatives in public schools and to increasing fees
	for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a
	handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.210 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.210.  GRANT PILOT PROGRAM TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH
	INITIATIVES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (a)  The department shall establish
	and administer a grant pilot program to award grants to school
	districts and open-enrollment charter schools to fund mental health
	initiatives designed to address the prevention and impact of gun
	violence.  The department may award a grant only to an eligible
	school district or open-enrollment charter school that is located
	in a county with a population of at least two million but not more
	than 3.3 million.
	(b)  In determining whether to award a grant under this
	section, the department shall consider whether the proposed mental
	health initiative:
	(1)  is evidence-based;
	(2)  is likely to improve safety on the associated
	campus; and
	(3)  has the potential, if successfully implemented, to
	be replicated statewide.
	(c)  In deciding whether to award a grant to a school
	district or open-enrollment charter school that has previously
	received a grant under this section, the department shall, in
	addition to the factors described under Subsection (b), consider
	the results of the previous grant.
	(d)  The grant pilot program established under this section
	shall be funded by:
	(1)  all money received by the department from fees
	under this subchapter that are paid within a county described by
	Subsection (a), other than money reasonably necessary to cover the
	administrative costs associated with the issuance of an original or
	renewed license to carry a handgun under this subchapter;
	(2)  federal funds;
	(3)  gifts, grants, and donations; or
	(4)  any other money available to the department for
	the purpose.
	SECTION 2.  Section 411.174(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  An applicant for a license to carry a handgun must
	submit to the director's designee described by Section 411.176:
	(1)  a completed application on a form provided by the
	department that requires only the information listed in Subsection
	(b);
	(2)  one or more photographs of the applicant that meet
	the requirements of the department;
	(3)  a certified copy of the applicant's birth
	certificate or certified proof of age;
	(4)  proof of residency in this state;
	(5)  two complete sets of legible and classifiable
	fingerprints of the applicant taken by a person appropriately
	trained in recording fingerprints who is employed by a law
	enforcement agency or by a private entity designated by a law
	enforcement agency as an entity qualified to take fingerprints of
	an applicant for a license under this subchapter;
	(6)  a nonrefundable application and license fee of
	$140 [$40] paid to the department;
	(7)  evidence of handgun proficiency, in the form and
	manner required by the department;
	(8)  an affidavit signed by the applicant stating that
	the applicant:
	(A)  has read and understands each provision of
	this subchapter that creates an offense under the laws of this state
	and each provision of the laws of this state related to use of
	deadly force; and
	(B)  fulfills all the eligibility requirements
	listed under Section 411.172; and
	(9)  a form executed by the applicant that authorizes
	the director to make an inquiry into any noncriminal history
	records that are necessary to determine the applicant's eligibility
	for a license under Section 411.172(a).
	SECTION 3.  Section 411.185(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before
	the date the license expires, submit to the department by mail or,
	in accordance with the procedure adopted under Subsection (f), on
	the Internet:
	(1)  a renewal application on a form provided by the
	department;
	(2)  payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee of $70
	[$40]; and
	(3)  the informational form described by Subsection (c)
	signed or electronically acknowledged by the applicant.
	SECTION 4.  Section 411.190(c), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(c)  In the manner applicable to a person who applies for a
	license to carry a handgun, the department shall conduct a
	background check of a person who applies for certification as a
	qualified handgun instructor or approved online course provider.
	If the background check indicates that the applicant for
	certification would not qualify to receive a handgun license, the
	department may not certify the applicant as a qualified handgun
	instructor or approved online course provider. If the background
	check indicates that the applicant for certification would qualify
	to receive a handgun license, the department shall provide handgun
	instructor or online course provider training to the applicant.
	The applicant shall pay a fee of $100 to the department for the
	training. The applicant must take and successfully complete the
	training offered by the department and pay the training fee before
	the department may certify the applicant as a qualified handgun
	instructor or approved online course provider. The department
	shall issue a license to carry a handgun under the authority of this
	subchapter to any person who is certified as a qualified handgun
	instructor or approved online course provider and who pays to the
	department a fee of $100 [$40] in addition to the training fee. The
	department by rule may prorate or waive the training fee for an
	employee of another governmental entity.
	SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
	411.174(a), 411.185(a), and 411.190(c), Government Code, apply
	only to an applicant for an original or renewed license to carry a
	handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as
	amended by this Act, who submits the application on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.