Bill Text: TX SB1233 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against certain judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1233 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1233-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1233 |
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relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against certain | ||
judges. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.221(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district | ||
may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law | ||
regulating those writs, against [ |
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(1) a judge of a district, statutory county, statutory | ||
probate county, or county court in the court of appeals district; | ||
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(2) a judge of a district court who is acting as a | ||
magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, in the court of appeals district; or | ||
(3) an associate judge of a district or county court | ||
appointed by a judge under Chapter 201, Family Code, in the court of | ||
appeals district for the judge who appointed the associate judge. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Section 22.221(b)(1), Government Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to a proceeding seeking a writ of | ||
mandamus filed in a court of appeals under Section 22.221, | ||
Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
proceeding seeking a writ of mandamus filed before the effective | ||
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
(b) Section 22.221(b)(3), Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, | ||
Title 4, or Title 5, Family Code, on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, Title 4, or Title | ||
5, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law | ||
is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1233 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1233 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, | ||
Nays 2, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |