Bill to reduce handgun license fee in Texas reaches Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk

Bill to reduce handgun license fee in Texas reaches Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk

The proposal, Senate Bill 16, would reduce the first-time fee for a license to carry from $140 to $40 and the annual renewal fee from $70 to $40. The fee would cover the Department of Public Safety’s cost to administer the license program as well as $27 needed for county, state and federal background checks, according to the bill’s author, state Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville.

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