By Isett, Driver, Wilson, Hupp                        H.B. No. 1236
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain reduced fees for a license to carry a concealed
 1-3     handgun.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 411.195, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 411.195.  REDUCTION OF FEES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
 1-8     Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the
 1-9     department shall reduce by 50 percent any fee required for the
1-10     issuance of an original, duplicate, [or] modified, or renewed
1-11     license under this subchapter if the applicant for the license is
1-12     60 years of age or older.
1-13           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-14     applies only to a renewal that occurs on or after that date.  A
1-15     renewal that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
1-16     covered by the law in effect on the date of the renewal, and the
1-17     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.