By: Van de Putte	S.B. No. 164

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance to veterans of specially marked licenses
	to carry a concealed handgun and specially marked personal
	identification certificates.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.174, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  The application must provide space for the applicant
	to:
	(1)  list any military service that may qualify the
	applicant to receive a license with a veteran's designation under
	Section 411.179(e); and
	(2)  include proof required by the department to
	determine the applicant's eligibility to receive that designation.
	SECTION 2.  Section 411.179, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  The department by rule shall adopt the form of the
	license.  A license must include:
	(1)  a number assigned to the license holder by the
	department;
	(2)  a statement of the period for which the license is
	effective;
	(3)  a statement of the category or categories of
	handguns the license holder may carry as provided by Subsection
	(b);
	(4)  a color photograph of the license holder;
	(5)  the license holder's full name, date of birth, hair
	and eye color, height, weight, and signature;
	(6)  the license holder's residence address or, as
	provided by Subsection (d), the street address of the courthouse in
	which the license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a
	federal judge or the license holder serves as a state judge; [and]
	(7)  the number of a driver's license or an
	identification certificate issued to the license holder by the
	department; and
	(8)  the designation "VETERAN" if required under
	Subsection (e).
	(e)  In this subsection, "veteran" has the meaning assigned
	by Section 411.1951. The department shall include the designation
	"VETERAN" on the face of any original, duplicate, modified, or
	renewed license under this subchapter or on the reverse side of the
	license, as determined by the department, if the license is issued
	to a veteran who:
	(1)  requests the designation; and
	(2)  provides proof sufficient to the department of the
	veteran's military service and honorable discharge.
	SECTION 3.  Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
	(l)  The application for the personal identification
	certificate must provide space for the applicant:
	(1)  to voluntarily list any military service that may
	qualify the applicant to receive a personal identification
	certificate with a veteran's designation under Section 521.102; and
	(2)  to include proof required by the department to
	determine the applicant's eligibility to receive that designation.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 521.102 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.102.  DESIGNATOR ON PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
	CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO VETERAN. (a)  In this section, "veteran"
	means a person who:
	(1)  has served in:
	(A)  the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or
	marine corps of the United States; or
	(B)  the Texas National Guard as defined by
	Section 431.001, Government Code; and
	(2)  has been honorably discharged from the branch of
	the service in which the person served.
	(b)  The department shall include the designation "VETERAN"
	on a personal identification certificate issued to a veteran in an
	available space on the face of the personal identification
	certificate or on the reverse side of the personal identification
	certificate if:
	(1)  the veteran requests the designation; and
	(2)  the veteran provides proof sufficient to the
	department of the veteran's military service and honorable
	discharge.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.