| 1 | 1 | | 88R6826 JSC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ashby H.B. No. 1591 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | retired county court judges. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.201(a)(3), Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (3) "Retired judicial officer" means: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) a visiting judge appointed under Section |
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| 14 | 14 | | 26.023 or 26.024; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (B) a senior judge designated under Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section |
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| 17 | 17 | | 75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; [or] |
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| 18 | 18 | | (C) a retired federal judge who is a resident of |
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| 19 | 19 | | this state; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (D) a retired judge of a constitutional county |
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| 21 | 21 | | court or statutory county court. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 23 | 23 | | to an application for a license to carry a handgun submitted on or |
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| 24 | 24 | | after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted |
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| 25 | 25 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 26 | 26 | | effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law |
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| 27 | 27 | | is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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