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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to a waiver of concealed handgun license renewal fees for  | 
      
      
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        qualified handgun instructors. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by adding Section 411.1953 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 411.1953.  WAIVER OF RENEWAL FEES FOR QUALIFIED HANDGUN  | 
      
      
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        INSTRUCTORS.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  | 
      
      
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        subchapter, the department shall waive any fee required for the  | 
      
      
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        issuance of a renewed license under this subchapter if the  | 
      
      
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        applicant for the license is certified as a qualified handgun  | 
      
      
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        instructor under Section 411.190.  | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only  | 
      
      
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        to an applicant for a renewed license under Subchapter H, Chapter  | 
      
      
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        411, Government Code, as amended by this Act, who submits the  | 
      
      
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        application on or after the effective date of this Act. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |