PRELIMINARY ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION
- Have not been convicted of a felony.
- Not charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code, or of a felony under an information or indictment.
- Not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor.
- Not a chemically dependent person.
- Not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun.
- Have not in the five years preceding the date of application been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Texas Penal Code.
- Fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun.
- Have not been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected by the Texas Attorney General.
- Have not been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of taxes or other money collected by the Texas Comptroller, Texas State Treasurer, or tax collector of any agency or political subdivision of this state.
- Have not been finally determined to be in default on a loan made under Chapter 57 of the Texas Education Code.
- Not currently restricted under a court protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the spousal relationship, not including a restraining order solely affecting property.
- The 10 years preceding the date of this application, have not been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony.
- Have obtained, or will obtain, a handgun proficiency certificate by completing a course of instruction taught by a certified Handgun Instructor.
- At least 21 years of age
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