1. (a) The department shall issue a license to carry a concealed handgun to an applicant if the applicant meets all the eligibility requirements and submits all the required application materials. The department shall not issue a license or instructor certificate to any applicant for whom possession of a firearm would be in violation of state or federal law. This determination will be based on all information available to the department, including information provided to the department on the application, the background investigation, and other information provided to the department.
2. (b) Category. The department may issue a license to carry handguns only of the categories indicated on the applicant's certificate of proficiency issued.
3. (c) Effective date of license. A license issued before January 1, 1996, is not effective until January 1, 1996. A license issued before January 1, 1996, shall be clearly marked to reflect the date on which it becomes effective. The department shall inform each recipient of a license before that date that the license is not effective until that date. On or after January 1, 1996, a license issued under the Act is effective from the date of issuance.

4. (d) Form of license. A license to carry a concealed handgun shall include the following information:

   1. (1) a number assigned to the license holder by the department;
   2. (2) a statement of the period for which the license is effective;

   3. (3) a statement of the category or categories of handguns the license holder may carry. The categories of handguns are as follows:

      1. (A) SA: any handguns, whether semi-automatic or not; and
      2. (B) NSA: handguns that are not semi-automatic;
   4. (4) a color photograph of the license holder; and
   5. (5) the license holder's full name, date of birth, residence address, hair and eye color, height, weight, signature, and the number of a driver's license or an identification certificate issued to the license holder by the department.

Source Note:The provisions of this §6.18 adopted to be effective January 8, 1996, 20 TexReg 11128.