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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition |
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on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (m) to read as follows: |
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(m) Section 46.03(a)(2) does not apply to a person who |
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carries a handgun if the person: |
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(1) is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, |
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Chapter 411, Government Code; and |
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(2) is engaged in the performance of the person's |
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duties as a presiding judge or alternate presiding judge under |
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Chapter 32, Election Code: |
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(A) while early voting is in progress; or |
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(B) on the day of an election. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |