By:  Isett (Senate Sponsor - Brimer)                              H.B. No. 1038
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2005; 
April 29, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Criminal Justice; May 19, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; 
May 19, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1038                                   By:  Williams


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 applies only to a renewal that occurs on 
or after the effective date of this Act.  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.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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