By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3747
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
  May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain
  retired judicial officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a), Government Code, is amended
  by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to read as
  follows:
               (2)  "Federal judge" means: 
                     (A)  a judge of a United States court of appeals;
                     (B)  a judge of a United States district court; 
                     (C)  a judge of a United States bankruptcy court;
  or 
                     (D)  a magistrate judge of a United States
  district court.
               (3)  "Retired judicial officer" means:
                     (A)  a visiting [special] judge appointed under
  Section 26.023 or 26.024; [or]
                     (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.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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