ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2692	By:	Johnson and Kern of the House

				and

		Sykes of the Senate

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1290.5, as amended by Section 26, Chapter 259, O.S.L. 2012 (21 O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 1290.5), which relates to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act; extending grace period for license renewals; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     21 O.S. 2011, Section 1290.5, as amended by Section 26, Chapter 259, O.S.L. 2012 (21 O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 1290.5), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1290.5
TERM OF LICENSE AND RENEWAL
A.  A handgun license when issued shall authorize the person to whom the license is issued to carry a loaded or unloaded handgun, concealed or unconcealed, as authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, and any future modifications thereto.  The license shall be valid in this state for a period of five (5) or ten (10) years, unless subsequently surrendered, suspended or revoked as provided by law.  The person shall have no authority to continue to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun in this state pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act when a license is expired or when a license has been voluntarily surrendered or, suspended or revoked for any reason.
B.  A license may be renewed any time within ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date as provided in this subsection.  The Bureau shall send a renewal application to each eligible licensee with a return address requested.  There shall be a thirty-day ninety-day grace period on license renewals beginning on the date of expiration, thereafter the license is considered expired.  However, any applicant shall have three (3) years from the expiration of the license to comply with the renewal requirements of this section.
1.  To renew a handgun license, the licensee must first obtain a renewal form from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
2.  The applicant must complete the renewal form, attach two current passport size photographs of the applicant, and submit a renewal fee in the amount of Eighty-five Dollars ($85.00) to the Bureau.  The renewal fee may be paid with a nationally recognized credit card as provided in subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 1290.12 of this title, or by a cashier's check or money order made payable to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
3.  Upon receipt of the renewal application, photographs and fee, the Bureau will conduct a criminal history records name search, an investigation of medical records or other records or information deemed by the Bureau to be relevant to the renewal application.  If the applicant appears not to have any prohibition to renewing the handgun license, the Bureau shall issue the renewed license for a period of five (5) or ten (10) years.
C.  Beginning November 1, 2007, any person making application for a handgun license or any licensee seeking to renew a handgun license shall have the option to request that said license be valid for a period of ten (10) years.  The fee for any handgun license issued for a period of ten (10) years shall be double the amount of the fee provided for in paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 1290.12 of this title.  The renewal fee for a handgun license issued for a period of ten (10) years shall be double the amount of the fee provided for in paragraph 2 of subsection B of this section.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of February, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate