51 Days to Processing Application

[JKDubb]

It has been 51 days on the head since they recieved my app in Austin. my status changed today to 'processing application', I am supposed to hear someting in 9 days correct? Weither it be good or bad right?

[kauboy]

No, you don't have to hear anything in 60 days.

Government Code
§ 411.176. REVIEW OF APPLICATION MATERIALS. (a) On
receipt of the application materials by the department at its
Austin headquarters, the department shall conduct the appropriate
criminal history record check of the applicant through its
computerized criminal history system. Not later than the 30th day
after the date the department receives the application materials,
the department shall forward the materials to the director's
designee in the geographical area of the applicant's residence so
that the designee may conduct the investigation described by
Subsection (b).
(b) The director's designee as needed shall conduct an
additional criminal history record check of the applicant and an
investigation of the applicant's local official records to verify
the accuracy of the application materials. The scope of the record
check and the investigation are at the sole discretion of the
department, except that the director's designee shall complete the
record check and investigation not later than the 60th day after the
date the department receives the application materials. The
department shall send a fingerprint card to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for a national criminal history check of the
applicant. On completion of the investigation, the director's
designee shall return all materials and the result of the
investigation to the appropriate division of the department at its
Austin headquarters. The director's designee may submit to the
appropriate division of the department, at the department's Austin
headquarters, along with the application materials a written
recommendation for disapproval of the application, accompanied by
an affidavit stating personal knowledge or naming persons with
personal knowledge of a ground for denial under Section 411.172.
The director's designee in the appropriate geographical area may
also submit the application and the recommendation that the license
be issued. 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.

§ 411.177. ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF LICENSE. (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 application materials. The department may
issue a license to carry handguns only of the categories indicated
on the applicant's certificate of proficiency issued under Section
411.189. The department shall administer the licensing procedures
in good faith so that any applicant who meets all the eligibility
requirements and submits all the application materials shall
receive a license. The department may not deny an application on
the basis of a capricious or arbitrary decision by the department.
(b) The department shall, not later than the 60th day after
the date of the receipt by the director's designee of the completed
application materials:
(1) issue the license;
(2) notify the applicant in writing that the
application was denied:
(A) on the grounds that the applicant failed to
qualify under the criteria listed in Section 411.172;
(B) based on the affidavit of the director's
designee submitted to the department under Section 411.176(b); or
(C) based on the affidavit of the qualified
handgun instructor submitted to the department under Section
411.189(c); or
(3) notify the applicant in writing that the
department is unable to make a determination regarding the issuance
or denial of a license to the applicant within the 60-day period
prescribed by this subsection and include in that notification an
explanation of the reason for the inability and an estimation of the
amount of time the department will need to make the determination.
(c) Failure of the department to issue or deny a license for
a period of more than 30 days after the department is required to
act under Subsection (b) constitutes denial.
(d) A license issued under this subchapter is effective from
the date of issuance.

Days from receipt of app:
30 - department shall forward the materials to the director's designee in the geographical area of the applicant's residence so that the designee may conduct the investigation
60 - the director's designee shall complete the record check and investigation
~90 - license will be issued or applicant informed of denial and reason
180 - if a question exists with respect to the accuracy of the application materials or the eligibility of the applicant, the department shall complete the record check and investigation

[MadDawg]

At least yours shows processing application. I'm still showing packet mailed to applicant. From seeing others, your looking at another week to two weeks for another update.

MadDawg

[JKDubb]

I guesss that sums it up them.