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	Amend HB 638 (House Committee Printing) as follows:                          

(1)  On page 1, at the end of line 19, insert the following:

For purposes of this subsection, proof that a retired officer is 
entitled to receive a pension or annuity or is not entitled to 
receive a pension or annuity only because the agency that last 
employed the retired officer does not offer a pension or annuity may 
include a retired peace officer identification card issued under 
Subchapter H, Chapter 614, Government Code.
	(2)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill and substitute the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 614, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter H to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER H.  IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR CERTAIN RETIRED PEACE 
OFFICERS
	Sec. 614.121.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "honorably 
retired peace officer" means a former peace officer who:
		(1)  previously served but is not currently serving as 
an elected, appointed, or employed peace officer under Article 
2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
		(2)  did not retire in lieu of any disciplinary action;                
		(3)  was eligible to retire from a law enforcement 
agency in this state or was ineligible to retire only as a result of 
an injury received in the course of the officer's employment with 
the agency;  and
		(4)  is entitled to receive a pension or annuity for 
service with a state or local law enforcement agency or is not 
entitled to receive a pension or annuity only because the law 
enforcement agency that employed the retired officer does not offer 
a pension or annuity to its retired employees.
	Sec. 614.122.  ISSUANCE OF IDENTIFICATION CARD.  The law 
enforcement agency or other governmental entity that was the last 
entity to appoint or employ an honorably retired peace officer as a 
peace officer shall issue an identification card to its honorably 
retired peace officers.
	Sec. 614.123.  APPEARANCE AND CONTENT OF IDENTIFICATION 
CARD.  (a)  The identification card must include:
		(1)  the full name of the honorably retired peace 
officer;           
		(2)  a photograph of the honorably retired peace 
officer consistent with the honorably retired peace officer's 
appearance;
		(3)  the name of the law enforcement agency or other 
governmental entity that issued the card to the honorably retired 
peace officer;
		(4)  if applicable, the signature of the person 
authorizing the issuance of the card on behalf of the law 
enforcement agency or other governmental entity to the honorably 
retired peace officer;
		(5)  a brief description of the honorably retired peace 
officer, including the honorably retired peace officer's height, 
weight, and eye color;
		(6)  the thumbprint of the honorably retired peace 
officer;          
		(7)  the date the honorably retired peace officer last 
served as a peace officer for the law enforcement agency or other 
governmental entity; and
		(8)  the date the law enforcement agency or other 
governmental entity issued the card to the honorably retired peace 
officer.
	(b)  On the identification card, the law enforcement agency 
or other governmental entity that issues the card shall print:
		(1)  "State of Texas" and the state seal; and                          
		(2)  "This identification card certifies that (insert 
name of honorably retired peace officer) is an honorably retired 
peace officer of (insert name of law enforcement agency or other 
governmental entity that last appointed or employed the honorably 
retired peace officer)."
	Sec. 614.124.  EXPIRATION DATE.  An identification card 
issued under this subchapter expires on a date specified by the law 
enforcement agency or other governmental entity issuing the card.
	Sec. 614.125.  LOST OR STOLEN CARDS.  If an identification 
card issued under this subchapter is lost or stolen, the law 
enforcement agency or other governmental entity issuing the card 
may:
		(1)  require an honorably retired peace officer to 
submit an affidavit executed by the officer to the law enforcement 
agency or other governmental entity stating that the identification 
card was lost or stolen; and
		(2)  issue a duplicate identification card to the 
officer.           
	SECTION ____.  (a)  Each law enforcement agency or other 
governmental entity required to issue identification cards under 
Subchapter H, Chapter 614, Government Code, as added by this Act, 
shall issue the cards not later than January 1, 2008.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
1701.357(c), Occupations Code, applies only to an application for a 
weapons proficiency certificate under that section filed on or 
after September 1, 2007.  An application for a weapons proficiency 
certificate under Section 1701.357, Occupations Code, filed before 
September 1, 2007, is covered by the law in effect on the date the 
application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.
	(3)  Renumber remaining SECTIONS as appropriate.