By Moncrief S.B. No. 242 75R3394 JMC-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of an offense for the acquisition of a 1-3 handgun by a person while under an active protective order or a 1-4 magistrate's order. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-7 Section 46.045 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 46.045. UNLAWFUL ACQUISITION OF HANDGUN BY PERSON UNDER 1-9 ACTIVE PROTECTIVE ORDER OR MAGISTRATE'S ORDER. (a) A person 1-10 commits an offense if, while an active protective order or a 1-11 magistrate's order is directed to the person, the person knowingly 1-12 purchases, rents, leases, or receives as a loan or gift from 1-13 another a handgun. 1-14 (b) In this section: 1-15 (1) "Active protective order" has the meaning assigned 1-16 by Section 46.06(b)(2). 1-17 (2) "Magistrate's order" means an order issued under 1-18 Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure. 1-19 (c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.