Bill Text: TX SB283 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of associate judges in child protective services cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB283 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB283-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of associate judges in child protective services cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB283 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB283-Comm_Sub.html
By: Harris | S.B. No. 283 | |
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relating to the appointment of associate judges in child protective | ||
services cases. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (e), Section 201.201, Family | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The presiding judge of each administrative judicial | ||
region, after conferring with the judges of courts in the region | ||
having family law jurisdiction and a child protection caseload, | ||
shall determine which courts require the appointment of a full-time | ||
or part-time associate judge to complete cases under Subtitle E | ||
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(e) This section does not limit the jurisdiction of a court | ||
to issue orders under Subtitle E [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |