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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain |
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active and retired judicial officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 411.201(a)(1) and (3), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Active judicial officer" means: |
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(A) a person serving as a judge or justice of the |
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supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a |
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district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county |
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court, a statutory county court, a statutory probate court, a |
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justice court, or a municipal court; |
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(B) a federal judge who is a resident of this |
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state; or |
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(C) a person appointed and serving as an |
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associate judge under Chapter 201, Family Code. |
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(3) "Retired judicial officer" means: |
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(A) a visiting judge appointed to serve as the |
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judge of a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, |
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or a statutory probate court [under Section 26.023 or 26.024]; |
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(B) a senior judge designated under Section |
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75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section |
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75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; or |
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(C) a retired federal judge who is a resident of |
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this state. |
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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 occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |