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GlockGirl wrote:" On receipt at the department’s Austin headquarters of the application
materials and the result of the investigation by the director’s designee,
the department shall conduct any further record check or investigation the
department determines is necessary if a question exists with respect to the
accuracy of the application materials or the eligibility of the applicant, except that
the department shall complete the record check and investigation not later than
the 180th day after the date the department receives the application materials
from the applicant."

You're correct, subchapter H has a separate provision that allows Austin to conduct further background checking for 120 days if the local designee can't recommend whether to issue the license or deny the license. I would still call. You have been well beyond the first 60 days, when they are supposed to make a recommendation. If you provided your final disposition to them then it should not take longer than the initial 60 day window. Be polite but if they don't give you an answer that satisfies your curiosity then I would still be calling my state Rep.

007Glock wrote:

GlockGirl wrote:I had a charge that was dismissed and sent them the disposition in January. I've called a couple of times and all they will say is that they have everything they need and that they have 180 days to review it.

I thought the statute is that they have 60 days to either issue you your LTC or request more information during that period? Saying that they have 180 days to do it doesn't seem correct to me. Did they have to send you a letter asking for the disposition or any other information ? Or you submitted everything at once?

Any knowledge on this anyone? To all the different people who know the in's-and-out's of the process because this doesn't seem correct and that they're wrong.

They are supposed to issue the license within 60 days of receiving the final supporting documentation. Once they have the application and payment, the fingerprints, the CHL100 training certificate, and any arrest reports or any other court documentation that they request then the 60 day clock is supposed to start.

Once they have received all of the supporting documents the file should be placed in someone's queue. When they person gets to your application they should start the background check. During the background check they may ask for more information (at that point I don't know if the 60 days still applies or not). If they incidated that they had received all the supporting documentation, but it has been over 60 days, I would call Regulatory Services Dept until I got a person on the phone. They should be able to indicate whether it's still in the background check, or whether it's passed or failed the background check. I would politely press them to verify that the background check is in fact already started and that it's not just sitting in someone's queue.

If they received supporting documentation in January then they either should have issued the license or rejected the application. If after calling and talking to RSD, there is still no action, I would begin calling my State Rep's office and complaining that it is beyond the 60 day timeline and requesting that they provide assistance in getting the application processed or taking whatever next step needs to be taken.