86R7317 AJZ-D
By: Burns H.B. No. 2137
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application made by certain retired state and
federal officers to obtain a license to carry a handgun; waiving a
fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 411.199(d), (f), and (g), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(d) The department shall waive any fee required [An
applicant under this section must pay a fee of $25] for a license
issued under this subchapter to an applicant under this section.
(f) A license issued under this subchapter to an applicant
under this section expires as provided by Section 411.183.
(g) A retired officer of the United States who was eligible
to carry a firearm in the discharge of the officer's official duties
is eligible to apply under this section for a license issued under
this subchapter [section]. An applicant described by this
subsection may submit the application at any time after retirement.
The applicant shall submit with the application proper proof of
retired status by presenting the following documents prepared by
the agency from which the applicant retired:
(1) retirement credentials; and
(2) a letter from the agency head stating the
applicant retired in good standing.
SECTION 2. Section 411.199, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to an application for a 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 on the date the application was
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.