By: Perry S.B. No. 193

(In the Senate - Filed November 15, 2018; February 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; March 27, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 27, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to waiving the fee for the issuance of a duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun for school marshals.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.1954 to read as follows:

Sec. 411.1954. WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES FOR SCHOOL MARSHALS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the department shall waive any fee required for the issuance of a duplicate, modified, or renewed license under this subchapter if the applicant for the license is currently appointed as a school marshal under Section 37.0811, 37.0813, or 51.220, Education Code.

(b) The applicant must submit with the application materials proof of:

(1) active status as a school marshal; and

(2) current licensure under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for a duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a 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.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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