Amend CSHB 485 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:

SECTION ____.  Section 411.174(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  An applicant for a license to carry a concealed handgun must submit to the director's designee described by Section 411.176:

(1)  a completed application on a form provided by the department that requires only the information listed in Subsection (b);

(2)  one or more photographs of the applicant that meet the requirements of the department;

(3)  a certified copy of the applicant's birth certificate or certified proof of age;

(4)  proof of residency in this state;

(5)  two complete sets of legible and classifiable fingerprints of the applicant taken by a person appropriately trained in recording fingerprints who is employed by a law enforcement agency or by a private entity designated by a law enforcement agency as an entity qualified to take fingerprints of an applicant for a license under this subchapter;

(6)  a nonrefundable application and license fee, in an amount not to exceed $95, set by and [of $140] paid to the department;

(7)  evidence of handgun proficiency, in the form and manner required by the department;

(8)  an affidavit signed by the applicant stating that the applicant:

(A)  has read and understands each provision of this subchapter that creates an offense under the laws of this state and each provision of the laws of this state related to use of deadly force; and

(B)  fulfills all the eligibility requirements listed under Section 411.172; and

(9)  a form executed by the applicant that authorizes the director to make an inquiry into any noncriminal history records that are necessary to determine the applicant's eligibility for a license under Section 411.172(a).

SECTION ____.  Section 411.185(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The director by rule shall adopt a renewal application form requiring an update of the information on the original completed application. The director by rule shall set the renewal fee in an amount not to exceed $70 [that is sufficient to cover the actual cost to the department to renew a license]. Not later than the 60th day before the expiration date of the license, the department shall mail to each license holder a written notice of the expiration of the license and a renewal form.

SECTION ____.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 411.174(a) and 411.185(b), Government Code, apply only to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a concealed handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.