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        relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain  | 
      
      
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        retired judicial officers. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a), Government Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to read as  | 
      
      
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        follows: | 
      
      
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                     (2)  "Federal judge" means:  | 
      
      
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                           (A)  a judge of a United States court of appeals; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  a judge of a United States district court;  | 
      
      
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                           (C)  a judge of a United States bankruptcy court;  | 
      
      
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        or  | 
      
      
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                           (D)  a  magistrate judge of a United States  | 
      
      
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        district court. | 
      
      
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                     (3)  "Retired judicial officer" means: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  a visiting [special] judge appointed under  | 
      
      
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        Section 26.023 or 26.024; [or] | 
      
      
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                           (B)  a senior judge designated under Section  | 
      
      
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        75.001 or a judicial officer as designated or defined by Section  | 
      
      
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        75.001, 831.001, or 836.001; or | 
      
      
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                           (C)  a retired federal judge who is a resident of  | 
      
      
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        this state. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
      
      
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        a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
      
      
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        provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
      
      
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        Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
      
      
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        Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 3747 was passed by the House on May 5,  | 
      
      
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        2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 3, 2 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 3747 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |