By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3747
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain
retired judicial officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.201(a), Government Code, is amended
by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to read as
follows:
(2) "Federal judge" means:
(A) a judge of a United States court of appeals;
(B) a judge of a United States district court;
(C) a judge of a United States bankruptcy court;
or
(D) a magistrate judge of a United States
district court.
(3) "Retired judicial officer" means:
(A) a visiting [special] judge appointed under
Section 26.023 or 26.024; [or]
(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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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