By Wilson H.B. No. 57 75R705 PEP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of active and retired judicial officers 1-3 to carry certain weapons. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended to read as 1-6 follows: 1-7 Sec. 46.15. Nonapplicability to Peace Officers, JUDICIAL 1-8 OFFICERS. (a) Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to peace 1-9 officers and neither section prohibits a peace officer from 1-10 carrying a weapon in this state, regardless of whether the officer 1-11 is engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's duties while 1-12 carrying the weapon. 1-13 (b) Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not apply to active or 1-14 retired judicial officers and neither section prohibits an active 1-15 or retired judicial officer from carrying a weapon in this state, 1-16 regardless of whether the officer is engaged in the actual 1-17 discharge of the officer's duties while carrying the weapon. 1-18 (c) In this section: 1-19 (1) "Active judicial officer" means a person serving 1-20 as a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal 1-21 appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a criminal district 1-22 court, a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, a 1-23 justice court, or a municipal court. 1-24 (2) "Retired judicial officer" means: 2-1 (A) a special judge appointed under Section 2-2 26.023 or 26.024, Government Code; or 2-3 (B) a senior judge designated under Section 2-4 75.001, Government Code, or a judicial officer as designated or 2-5 defined by Section 75.001, 831.001, or 836.001, Government Code. 2-6 SECTION 2. Section 30, Article 4413(29ee), Revised Statutes, 2-7 is repealed. 2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-9 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.