77R9460 PEP-D                           
         By Miller, Hupp                                       H.B. No. 1479
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1479:
         By Hupp                                           C.S.H.B. No. 1479
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the expiration of 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.  Sections 411.183(a) and (b), Government Code, are
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  A license issued under this subchapter expires on the
 1-8     first birthday of the license holder occurring after the fourth
 1-9     anniversary of the date the license is originally issued [of
1-10     issuance].
1-11           (b)  A renewed license expires on the license holder's
1-12     birthdate, five [four] years after the date of the expiration of
1-13     the previous license.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.  The
1-15     change in law made by this Act applies only to a license renewed on
1-16     or after September 1, 2001.