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.