Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
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| By: Paxton, et al. | S.B. No. 1216 | |
| (Hefner) | ||
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| relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain | ||
| active and retired judicial officers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 411.201(a)(1) and (3), Government Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Active judicial officer" means: | ||
| (A) a person serving as a judge or justice of the | ||
| supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a | ||
| district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county | ||
| court, a statutory county court, a statutory probate court, a | ||
| justice court, or a municipal court; | ||
| (B) a federal judge who is a resident of this | ||
| state; or | ||
| (C) a person appointed and serving as an | ||
| associate judge under Chapter 201, Family Code. | ||
| (3) "Retired judicial officer" means: | ||
| (A) a visiting judge appointed to serve as the | ||
| judge of a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, | ||
| or a statutory probate court [ |
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| (B) a senior judge designated under Section | ||
| 75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section | ||
| 75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; or | ||
| (C) a retired federal judge who is a resident of | ||
| this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
