SRC-JBJ, MKV S.B. 118 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 118
77R964 JMC-DBy: Wentworth
Jurisprudence
1/22/2001
As Filed
       

DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas law, certain judges are allowed to carry a weapon in
this state while engaged in the discharge of their judicial duties.  As
proposed, S. B. 118 removes the requirement that those judges possess a
license to carry a concealed handgun in order to carry a weapon and allows
them to carry a weapon regardless of whether they are engaged in the actual
discharge of their duties while carrying the weapon. 
         
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 46.15 (a) (relating to nonapplicability), Penal
Code, to provide that Sections 46.02 and 46.03 do not prohibit 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 justice court, or a municipal
court, from carrying a weapon in this state, regardless of whether the
judge or justice is engaged in the actual discharge of duties while
carrying the weapon. Deletes language regarding a license to carry a
concealed handgun under Chapter 411H (Department of Public Safety of the
State of Texas), Government Code. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.  
            Makes application of this Act prospective.