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1		-	By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 812
2		-	(Lucio III)
	1	+	S.B. No. 812
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law
8	6		proceeding involving a name change.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. Sections 201.001(a) and (c), Family Code, are
11	9		amended to read as follows:
12	10		(a) A judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under
13	11		this title, [or] Title 1, Chapter 45, or Title 4 may appoint a
14	12		full-time or part-time associate judge to perform the duties
15	13		authorized by this chapter if the commissioners court of a county in
16	14		which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the employment of an
17	15		associate judge.
18	16		(c) If more than one court in a county has jurisdiction of a
19	17		suit under this title, [or] Title 1, Chapter 45, or Title 4 the
20	18		commissioners court may authorize the appointment of an associate
21	19		judge for each court or may authorize one or more associate judges
22	20		to share service with two or more courts.
23	21		SECTION 2. Sections 201.005(a) and (d), Family Code, are
24	22		amended to read as follows:
25	23		(a) Except as provided by this section, a judge of a court
26	24		may refer to an associate judge any aspect of a suit over which the
27	25		court has jurisdiction under this title, [or] Title 1, Chapter 45,
28	26		or Title 4, including any matter ancillary to the suit.
29	27		(d) The requirements of Subsections (b) and (c) shall apply
30	28		whenever a judge has authority to refer the trial of a suit under
31	29		this title, Title 1, Chapter 45, or Title 4 to an associate judge,
32	30		master, or other assistant judge regardless of whether the
33	31		assistant judge is appointed under this subchapter.
34	32		SECTION 3. Section 201.018(a), Family Code, is amended to
35	33		read as follows:
36	34		(a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is
37	35		temporarily unable to perform the judge's official duties because
38	36		of absence or illness, injury, or other disability, a judge of a
39	37		court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title, [or] Title 1,
40	38		Chapter 45, or Title 4 may appoint a visiting associate judge to
41	39		perform the duties of the associate judge during the period of the
42	40		associate judge's absence or disability if the commissioners court
43	41		of a county in which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the
44	42		employment of a visiting associate judge.
45	43		SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
46	44		to a suit filed under Chapter 45, Family Code, on or after the
47	45		effective date of this Act. A suit filed under Chapter 45, Family
48	46		Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
49	47		in effect on the date the suit was filed, and that law is continued
50	48		in effect for that purpose.
51	49		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	50	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	51	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	52	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 812 passed the Senate on
	53	+	April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	54	+	______________________________
	55	+	Secretary of the Senate
	56	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 812 passed the House on
	57	+	May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, two
	58	+	present not voting.
	59	+	______________________________
	60	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	61	+	Approved:
	62	+	______________________________
	63	+	Date
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Governor