Bill Text: TX SB231 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of certain concealed handgun laws to certain associate judges and other judicial personnel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB231 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB231-Engrossed.html

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By: Carona S.B. No. 231

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of certain concealed handgun laws to
certain associate judges and other judicial personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), Section
411.201, 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:
(i) an associate judge under Chapter 201,
Family Code, or Chapter 54 or 54A; or
(ii) a master or magistrate under Chapter
54.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a concealed
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 when the application was submitted,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.