88R6826 JSC-D
 
  By: Ashby H.B. No. 1591
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain
  retired county court judges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a)(3), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (3)  "Retired judicial officer" means:
                     (A)  a visiting judge appointed under Section
  26.023 or 26.024;
                     (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; or
                     (D)  a retired judge of a constitutional county
  court or statutory county court.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for 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, 2023.