83R12754 AJZ-D
 
  By: S. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 485
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 485:
 
  By:  Dale C.S.H.B. No. 485
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the amount of the fee paid by certain peace officers and
  veterans of the United States armed forces for a license to carry a
  concealed handgun; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.1951(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
  if the applicant [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 applicant [person] served:
               (1)  the applicant must pay a fee of $25 for the
  issuance of an original or renewed license under this subchapter;
  and
               (2)  the department shall reduce by 50 percent any fee
  required of the applicant for a duplicate or modified license under
  this subchapter.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 411.1991, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1991.  [ACTIVE] PEACE OFFICERS.
         SECTION 3.  Section 411.1991(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person who is licensed as a peace officer under
  Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, and is employed [full-time] as a
  peace officer by a law enforcement agency may apply for a license
  under this subchapter.  The person shall submit to the department
  two complete sets of legible and classifiable fingerprints and a
  sworn statement of the head of the law enforcement agency employing
  the applicant.  A head of a law enforcement agency may not refuse to
  issue a statement under this subsection.  If the applicant alleges
  that the statement is untrue, the department shall investigate the
  validity of the statement.  The statement must include:
               (1)  the name and rank of the applicant;
               (2)  whether the applicant has been accused of
  misconduct at any time during the applicant's period of employment
  with the agency and the disposition of that accusation;
               (3)  a description of the physical and mental condition
  of the applicant;
               (4)  a list of the types of weapons the applicant has
  demonstrated proficiency with during the preceding year; and
               (5)  a recommendation from the agency head that a
  license be issued to the person under this subchapter.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an applicant for an original, renewed, duplicate, or modified
  license under Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act,
  who submits the application on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.