Bill Text: TX HB719 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to trial by special judge of certain matters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB719 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB719-Introduced.html

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82R3965 CAE-F
By: Hartnett H.B. No. 719

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to trial by special judge of certain matters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 151.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 151.001. REFERRAL BY AGREEMENT. On agreement of the
parties, in civil [or family] law matters pending in a district
court, statutory probate court, or statutory county court, the
judge in whose court the case is pending shall [may] order referral
of the case as provided by this chapter and shall stay proceedings
in the judge's court pending the outcome of the trial. Any or all
of the issues in the cases, whether an issue of fact or law, may be
referred.
SECTION 2. Section 151.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an agreement to refer
a case to a special judge made on or after the effective date of this
Act. An agreement made to refer a case to a special judge made
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect at the time the agreement was made, and that law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.