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1	1	S.B. No. 742
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the qualifications to serve as an associate judge or
6	6	visiting associate judge in certain family law proceedings.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 201.1021, Family Code,
9	9	is amended to read as follows:
10	10	(a) To be eligible for appointment under this subchapter, a
11	11	person must be[:
12	12	[(1)] a citizen of the United States, [and] have
13	13	resided in this state [the administrative judicial region, or a
14	14	county adjacent to the region, in which the court to which the
15	15	person is appointed is located] for the two years preceding the date
16	16	of appointment,[;] and be:
17	17	(1) eligible for assignment under Section 74.054,
18	18	Government Code, because the person is named on the list of retired
19	19	and former judges maintained by the presiding judge of the
20	20	administrative region under Section 74.055, Government Code; or
21	21	(2) licensed to practice law in this state and have
22	22	been a practicing lawyer in this state, or a judge of a court in this
23	23	state who is not otherwise eligible under Subdivision (1), for the
24	24	four years preceding the date of appointment.
25	25	SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 201.113, Family Code, is
26	26	amended to read as follows:
27	27	(b) A person is not eligible for appointment under this
28	28	section unless the person has served as a [child support] master or
29	29	associate judge under this chapter, a district judge, or a
30	30	statutory county court judge for at least two years before the date
31	31	of appointment.
32	32	SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 201.2021, Family Code,
33	33	is amended to read as follows:
34	34	(a) To be eligible for appointment under this subchapter, a
35	35	person must be[:
36	36	[(1)] a citizen of the United States, [and] have
37	37	resided in this state [the administrative judicial region, or a
38	38	county adjacent to the region, in which the court to which the
39	39	person is appointed is located] for the two years preceding the date
40	40	of appointment,[;] and be:
41	41	(1) eligible for assignment under Section 74.054,
42	42	Government Code, because the person is named on the list of retired
43	43	and former judges maintained by the presiding judge of the
44	44	administrative region under Section 74.055, Government Code; or
45	45	(2) licensed to practice law in this state and have
46	46	been a practicing lawyer in this state, or a judge of a court in this
47	47	state who is not otherwise eligible under Subdivision (1), for the
48	48	four years preceding the date of appointment.
49	49	SECTION 4. Subsection (c), Section 201.208, Family Code, is
50	50	amended to read as follows:
51	51	(c) A person is not eligible for appointment under this
52	52	section unless the person has served as a master or [an] associate
53	53	judge under this chapter, a district judge, or a statutory county
54	54	court judge for at least two years before the date of appointment.
55	55	SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act to Subsection
56	56	(a), Section 201.1021, and Subsection (a), Section 201.2021, Family
57	57	Code, apply only to the appointment of an associate judge under
58	58	Subchapter B or C, Chapter 201, Family Code, on or after the
59	59	effective date of this Act. The appointment of an associate judge
60	60	before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
61	61	appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
62	62	that purpose.
63	63	SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act to Subsection
64	64	(b), Section 201.113, and Subsection (c), Section 201.208, Family
65	65	Code, apply only to the appointment of a visiting associate judge
66	66	under Subchapter B or C, Chapter 201, Family Code, on or after the
67	67	effective date of this Act. The appointment of a visiting associate
68	68	judge before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date
69	69	the appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect
70	70	for that purpose.
71	71	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
72	72	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
73	73	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
74	74	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
75	75	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
76	76	______________________________ ______________________________
77	77	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
78	78	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 742 passed the Senate on
79	79	April 2, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
80	80	______________________________
81	81	Secretary of the Senate
82	82	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 742 passed the House on
83	83	May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one
84	84	present not voting.
85	85	______________________________
86	86	Chief Clerk of the House
87	87	Approved:
88	88	______________________________
89	89	Date
90	90	______________________________
91	91	Governor