78R588 JTS-D


By:  Isett, Hegar, Hupp, Driver, Ellis,                           H.B. No. 498
 
    et al.                                                                   


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain reduced fees for a license to carry a concealed 
handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 411.195, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 411.195.  REDUCTION OF FEES FOR SENIOR 
CITIZENS.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
the department shall reduce by 50 percent any fee required for the 
issuance of an original, duplicate, [or] modified, or renewed
license under this subchapter if the applicant for the license is 60 
years of age or older.
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a renewal that occurs on or after that date.  A 
renewal that occurs before the effective date of this Act is covered 
by the law in effect on the date of the renewal, and the former law 
is continued in effect for that purpose.