| 1 | 1 | | By: West S.B. No. 1242 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Jackson) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the judicial immunity and powers of certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | magistrates. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 54.1176, Government |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The judge shall adopt, modify, or reject the |
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| 13 | 13 | | magistrate's recommendations not later than the third working day |
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| 14 | 14 | | after the date the judge receives the recommendations. If the judge |
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| 15 | 15 | | does not take action in the time provided by this subsection, the |
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| 16 | 16 | | recommendations of the magistrate are adopted by the judge. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter W, Chapter 54, Government Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended by adding Section 54.1177 to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 54.1177. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY. A magistrate appointed |
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| 20 | 20 | | under this subchapter has the same judicial immunity as a district |
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| 21 | 21 | | judge. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Subsection |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b), Section 54.1176, Government Code, apply to a cause of action |
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| 24 | 24 | | referred to a magistrate on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 25 | 25 | | A cause of action referred to a magistrate before the effective date |
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| 26 | 26 | | of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that |
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| 27 | 27 | | date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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