Bill Text: TX HB2411 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-15 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2411 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2411-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 2411 |
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relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law | ||
proceeding involving a name change. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 201.001(a) and (c), Family Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under | ||
this title, [ |
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full-time or part-time associate judge to perform the duties | ||
authorized by this chapter if the commissioners court of a county in | ||
which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the employment of an | ||
associate judge. | ||
(c) If more than one court in a county has jurisdiction of a | ||
suit under this title, [ |
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commissioners court may authorize the appointment of an associate | ||
judge for each court or may authorize one or more associate judges | ||
to share service with two or more courts. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 over which the | ||
court has jurisdiction under this title, [ |
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or Title 4, 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 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 3. Section 201.018(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is | ||
temporarily unable to perform the judge's official duties because | ||
of absence or illness, injury, or other disability, a judge of a | ||
court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title, [ |
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Chapter 45, or Title 4 may appoint a visiting associate judge to | ||
perform the duties of the associate judge during the period of the | ||
associate judge's absence or disability if the commissioners court | ||
of a county in which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the | ||
employment of a visiting associate judge. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a suit filed under Chapter 45, Family Code, on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A suit filed under Chapter 45, Family | ||
Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
in effect on the date the suit was filed, and that law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |