Bill Text: TX HB3922 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the places where an active judicial officer may carry a handgun if the officer is licensed to carry a handgun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3922-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Stucky, Parker, Phillips, Lambert, | H.B. No. 3922 | |
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relating to the places where an active judicial officer may carry a | ||
handgun if the officer is licensed to carry a handgun. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was an active | ||
judicial officer, as defined by Section 411.201, Government Code. | ||
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, 2017. |