By:  Driver, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Deuell)                     H.B. No. 225
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 23, 2005; 
March 30, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Criminal Justice; May 5, 2005, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the expiration of a renewed license to carry a concealed 
handgun.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.183(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  A renewed license expires on the license holder's 
birthdate, five [four] years after the date of the expiration of the 
previous license.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a license renewed on or 
after September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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