86R4492 JSC-F
By: Stucky H.B. No. 1085
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of certain handgun laws to certain
associate judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.201(a)(1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Active judicial officer" means:
(A) a person serving as a judge or justice of the
supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a
district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county
court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal
court;
(B) a federal judge who is a resident of this
state; or
(C) a person appointed and serving as an
associate judge under Chapter 201, Family Code, or Chapter 54A.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application to obtain or renew 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, 2019.