81R3778 JD-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the nondisclosure of certain personal information in
voter registration records and concealed handgun license records
that relates to a justice of the peace.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.0021(a)(2), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(2) "State judge" means:
(A) a judge, former judge, or retired judge of an
appellate court, a district court, or a county court at law of this
state; [or]
(B) an associate judge appointed under Chapter
201, Family Code, or a retired associate judge or former associate
judge appointed under that chapter; or
(C) a justice of the peace.
SECTION 2. Section 411.171(4-b), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(4-b) "State judge" means:
(A) the judge of an appellate court, a district
court, or a county court at law of this state; [or]
(B) an associate judge appointed under Chapter
201, Family Code; or
(C) a justice of the peace.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.