Amend CSHB 233 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 7, strike "[REDUCTION]" and substitute "OR REDUCTION".
(2) On page 2, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
the department shall reduce by 50 percent any fee required for the
issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license
under this subchapter if the applicant for the license is a veteran
who, more than 365 days preceding the date of the application, was
honorably discharged from the branch of the service in which the
person served.