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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of certain concealed handgun laws to |
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certain associate judges and other judicial personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), Section |
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411.201, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Active judicial officer" means: |
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(A) a person serving as a judge or justice of the |
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supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a |
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district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county |
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court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal |
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court; |
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(B) a federal judge who is a resident of this |
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state; or |
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(C) a person appointed and serving as: |
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(i) an associate judge under Chapter 201, |
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Family Code, or Chapter 54 or 54A; or |
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(ii) a master or magistrate under Chapter |
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54. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application to obtain or renew a license to carry a concealed |
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handgun submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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application submitted before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |