{"id":598283,"date":"2017-03-20T16:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T21:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=598283"},"modified":"2017-03-21T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T21:30:00","slug":"bill-cutting-gun-license-fees-advances-in-texas-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=598283","title":{"rendered":"Bill Cutting Gun License Fees Advances in Texas Legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/Robert-Nichols2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/12\/Robert-Nichols2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-431334\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN (AP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A bill reducing fees for gun licenses statewide is heading to the full Texas Senate. Jacksonville Republican Senator Robert Nichols originally wanted to scrap the entire $140 fee for first-time licenses to carry concealed and holstered handguns, as well as the $70 charge to renew licenses after five years. But the nonpartisan Legislative Budget Board estimated that doing so would cost Texas $55-plus million during a two-year state budget cycle. Instead, Nichols on Monday introduced a modified version reducing the first-time and renewal fee to $40 each. The fiscal impact of that hasn&#8217;t yet been calculated. The Senate State Affairs Committee then unanimously approved Nichols&#8217; amended proposal to the full chamber, where it should pass easily. Gun advocates are applauding the bill, saying Texas&#8217; fees are among the nation&#8217;s highest.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN (AP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d A bill reducing fees for gun licenses statewide is heading to the full Texas Senate. Jacksonville Republican Senator Robert Nichols originally wanted to scrap the entire $140 fee for first-time licenses to carry concealed and holstered handguns, as well as the $70 charge to renew licenses after five years. But the nonpartisan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=598283\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bill Cutting Gun License Fees Advances in Texas Legislature<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":431334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-16 06:02:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598284,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598283\/revisions\/598284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/431334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}