By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes)	H.B. No. 3747
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
	May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain
	retired judicial officers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a), Government Code, is amended
	by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to read as
	follows:
	(2)  "Federal judge" means:
	(A)  a judge of a United States court of appeals;
	(B)  a judge of a United States district court;
	(C)  a judge of a United States bankruptcy court;
	or
	(D)  a magistrate judge of a United States
	district court.
	(3)  "Retired judicial officer" means:
	(A)  a visiting [special] judge appointed under
	Section 26.023 or 26.024; [or]
	(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.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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