Bill Text: TX SB284 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 284 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-31 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB284 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB284-Introduced.html

	82R1705 JSC-F

	By: Harris	S.B. No. 284



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child
	relationship.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 201.1042, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h) In a de novo hearing before the referring court, the
	referring court may consider the record from the hearing before the
	associate judge that is preserved by a means other than by a court
	reporter if the record was preserved by a means approved by the
	associate judge under Section 201.009(c) and:
	(1) the proceeding was not recorded by a court
	reporter; and
	(2) a court reporter was not required to be provided
	under Section 201.009 or any other law.
	SECTION 2. Section 201.2042, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c) In a de novo hearing before the referring court, the
	referring court may consider the record from the hearing before the
	associate judge that is preserved by a means other than by a court
	reporter if the record was preserved by a means approved by the
	associate judge under Section 201.009(c) and:
	(1) the proceeding was not recorded by a court
	reporter; and
	(2) a court reporter was not required to be provided
	under Section 201.009 or any other law.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a de novo hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship
	requested on or after the effective date of this Act. A de novo
	hearing requested before the effective date of this Act is governed
	by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.