To be eligible for a license to carry a concealed handgun, a person must meet the following requirements:

1. (1) an applicant must have been a resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date of application;
2. (2) the applicant must be at least 21 years of age;
3. (3) the applicant must not have been convicted of a felony. An offense is considered a felony if the offense is so designated by law or if confinement for one year or more in a penitentiary is affixed to the offense as a possible punishment;
4. (4) the applicant must not be currently charged with the commission of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Texas Penal Code, §42.01, or of a felony under an information or indictment;
5. (5) the applicant must not be a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor;
6. (6) the applicant must not be chemically dependent;
7. (7) the applicant must not be of unsound mind;
8. (8) the applicant must not, in the five years preceding the date of application, have been convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Texas Penal Code, §42.01. An offense is considered a Class A or Class B misdemeanor if the offense is not a felony and confinement in a jail other than a state jail felony facility is affixed as a possible punishment;
9. (9) the applicant must be fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun;
10. (10) the applicant must not have been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected by the attorney general, unless the applicant has since discharged the outstanding delinquency;
11. (11) the applicant must not have been finally determined to be delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the comptroller, state treasurer, tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, or any other agency or subdivision of the state, unless the applicant has since discharged the outstanding delinquency;
12. (12) the applicant must not have been finally determined to be in default on a loan made under the Education Code, Chapter 57, unless the applicant has since discharged the outstanding delinquency;
13. (13) the applicant must not be currently restricted by or subject to a court order that restrains the applicant from injuring, harassing, stalking, or threatening the applicants' spouse or intimate partner, or the child of the applicant, the applicant's spouse, or intimate partner. This paragraph includes a protective order issued under the Family Code, §3.58 or §3.581, or Family Code, Chapter 71. This paragraph does not include any restraining order or protective order solely affecting property interests;
14. (14) the applicant must not, in the ten years preceding the date of application, have been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
15. (15) the applicant must not have been made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in a request for application materials or in an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun.

Source Note:The provisions of this §6.11 adopted to be effective January 8, 1996, 20 TexReg 11128.