Bill Text: TX HB2268 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to matters referred to an associate judge under the Family Code.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2268 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2268-Engrossed.html

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88R6679 MLH-F
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2268

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to matters referred to an associate judge under the Family
Code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 201.005(a) and (d), Family Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by this section, a judge of a court
may refer to an associate judge any aspect of a suit or action,
including any matter ancillary to the suit or action, over which the
court has jurisdiction under:
(1) this title;
(2) [,] Title 1;
(3) [,] Chapter 35, 35A, or 45;
(4) [, or] Title 4;
(5) Subchapter A, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal
Procedure; or
(6) Chapter 24A, Property Code [, including any matter
ancillary to the suit].
(d) The requirements of Subsections (b) and (c) shall apply
whenever a judge has authority to refer the trial of a suit or
action described by Subsection (a) [under this title, Title 1,
Chapter 45, or Title 4] to an associate judge, master, or other
assistant judge regardless of whether the assistant judge is
appointed under this subchapter.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a suit or application that is filed on or after the effective
date of this Act. A suit or application filed before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
suit or application was filed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.