86R4492 JSC-F
 
  By: Stucky H.B. No. 1085
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of certain handgun laws to certain
  associate judges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a)(1), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Active judicial officer" means:
                     (A)  a person serving as 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;
                     (B)  a federal judge who is a resident of this
  state; or
                     (C)  a person appointed and serving as an
  associate judge under Chapter 201, Family Code, or Chapter 54A.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun
  submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
  application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
  submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.