Art. 17.293.  DELIVERY OF ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION TO OTHER PERSONS.  The magistrate or the clerk of the magistrate's court issuing an order for emergency protection under Article 17.292 that suspends a license to carry a handgun shall immediately send a copy of the order to the appropriate division of the Department of Public Safety at its Austin headquarters.  On receipt of the order suspending the license, the department shall:
(1)  record the suspension of the license in the records of the department;
(2)  report the suspension to local law enforcement agencies, as appropriate; and
(3)  demand surrender of the suspended license from the license holder.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1412, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 437 (H.B. 910), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2016.