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replying to my own post I found the answer http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/InternetFo ... CHL-16.pdf

I assume that if I do not receive my renewed license by my expiration date, I cannot carry. I will just have to wait until it arrives.

GC §411.185. LICENSE RENEWAL PROCEDURE.
(a) To renew a license, a license holder must, on or before the date the license
expires, submit to the department by mail or, in accordance with the procedure
adopted under Subsection (f), on the Internet:
(1) a renewal application on a form provided by the department;
(2) payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee as set by the department; and
(3) the informational form described by Subsection (c) signed or electronically
acknowledged by the applicant.
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(b) The director by rule shall adopt a renewal application form requiring an
update of the information on the original completed application. The director by
rule shall set the renewal fee in an amount that is sufficient to cover the actual
cost to the department to:
(1) verify the information contained in the renewal application form;
(2) conduct any necessary investigation concerning the license holder’s
continued eligibility to hold a license; and
(3) issue the renewed license.
(c) The director by rule shall adopt an informational form that describes state
law regarding the use of deadly force and the places where it is unlawful for
the holder of a license issued under this subchapter to carry a handgun. An
applicant for a renewed license must sign and return the informational form to
the department by mail or acknowledge the form electronically on the Internet
according to the procedure adopted under Subsection (f).
(d) Not later than the 60th day before the expiration date of the license, the
department shall mail to each license holder a written notice of the expiration of
the license, a renewal application form, and the informational form described by
Subsection (c).
(e) The department shall renew the license of a license holder who meets all the
eligibility requirements to continue to hold a license and submits all the renewal
materials described by Subsection (a). Not later than the 45th day after receipt of
the renewal materials, the department shall issue the renewed license or notify
the license holder in writing that the department denied the license holder’s
renewal application.
(f) The director by rule shall adopt a procedure by which a license holder who
satisfies the eligibility requirements to continue to hold a license may submit the
renewal materials described by Subsection (a) by mail or on the Internet.
(g) The department may not request or require a license holder to provide the
license holder’s social security number to renew a license under this section.

When does one renew? Do you have to wait until the date of current expiration or can I apply within my month or 30 days of birthday?

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