H.B. No. 485

	AN ACT
	relating to the amount of the fees paid by certain peace officers,
	correctional officers, members of the state military forces, and
	veterans of the armed forces for a license to carry a concealed
	handgun and to the issuance of such a license to certain peace
	officers and members of the state military forces; 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.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.1952 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.1952.  REDUCTION OF FEES FOR EMPLOYEES OF TEXAS
	DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Notwithstanding any other
	provision of this subchapter, an applicant who is a correctional
	officer of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall pay a fee
	of $25 for the issuance of an original or renewed license under this
	subchapter.
	SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 411.1991, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.1991.  [ACTIVE] PEACE OFFICERS.
	SECTION 4.  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, or a member of the Texas
	military forces, excluding Texas State Guard members who are
	serving in the Texas Legislature 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 5.  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 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 485 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 6, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 485 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor