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A person is eligible for a license to carry a concealed handgun in Texas if the person:

1. is a legal resident of this state for the six-month period preceding the date of application.
2. is at least 21 years of age (18 years of age for military).
3. has not been convicted of a felony
4. is 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 nder an information or indictment
5. is not a fugitive from justice for a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor
6. is not a chemically dependent person
7. is not incapable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun
8. has 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, Penal Code
9. is fully qualified under applicable federal and state law to purchase a handgun
10. has not been finally determined to be delinquent in making a child support payment administered or collected by the attorney general
11. has not been finally determined to be in delinquent in the payment of a tax or other mney collected by the comptroller, the tax collector of a political subdivision of the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state;
12. has not been finally determined to be in default on a loan made under Chapter 57, Education Code;
13. is not currently restricted under a court protective order or subject to a restraining order affecting the spousal relationship, other than a restraiing order solely affecting property interests;
14. has not, in the 10 years preceding the date of application, been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony; and
15. has not made any material misrepresentation, or failed to disclose any material fact, in an application submitted pursuant to Section 411.174 or in a request for appliation submitted pursuant to Section 411.175