By: Paxton, et al. S.B. No. 1216
(Hefner)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain
active and retired judicial officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 411.201(a)(1) and (3), Government Code,
are 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 statutory probate 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.
(3) "Retired judicial officer" means:
(A) a visiting judge appointed to serve as the
judge of a constitutional county court, a statutory county court,
or a statutory probate court [under Section 26.023 or 26.024];
(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. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.