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.