By: Ashby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - King)	H.B. No. 1506
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2025;
	May 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 23, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 23, 2025, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain
	retired county court judges.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.201(a)(3), Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(3)  "Retired judicial officer" means:
	(A)  a visiting judge appointed under Section
	26.023 or 26.024;
	(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; or
	(D)  a retired judge of a constitutional county
	court or statutory county court who served at least 48 months in a
	constitutional county court or statutory county court.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for a license to carry a 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 on the date the application was submitted, and the former law
	is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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