Bill that would reduce handgun license fee headed to full Senate
Texans wanting to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun would pay significantly less to do so under a proposal unanimously approved by the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee Monday. The measure now heads to the full Senate.
The version of Senate Bill 16 approved by the panel would reduce the first-time fee for a license to carry from $140 to $40 and the annual renewal fee from $70 to $40. Reducing these fees is one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's priorities for the legislative session.
“This would take Texas from one of the highest fees in the nation to one of the lowest fees in the nation,” said the bill's primary author, state Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville.
Only Illinois and Arkansas now have higher fees to obtain a license to carry a handgun, Nichols said.
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