| 1 | 1 | | By: Paxton, et al. S.B. No. 1216 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Hefner) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 | | active and retired judicial officers. |
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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. Sections 411.201(a)(1) and (3), Government Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1) "Active judicial officer" means: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) a person serving as a judge or justice of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a |
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| 15 | 15 | | district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county |
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| 16 | 16 | | court, a statutory county court, a statutory probate court, a |
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| 17 | 17 | | justice court, or a municipal court; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) a federal judge who is a resident of this |
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| 19 | 19 | | state; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (C) a person appointed and serving as an |
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| 21 | 21 | | associate judge under Chapter 201, Family Code. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) "Retired judicial officer" means: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) a visiting judge appointed to serve as the |
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| 24 | 24 | | judge of a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, |
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| 25 | 25 | | or a statutory probate court [under Section 26.023 or 26.024]; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) a senior judge designated under Section |
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| 27 | 27 | | 75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section |
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| 28 | 28 | | 75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) a retired federal judge who is a resident of |
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| 30 | 30 | | this state. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 32 | 32 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 33 | 33 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 34 | 34 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 35 | 35 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 36 | 36 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 37 | 37 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 38 | 38 | | before that date. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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