H.B. No. 1480
AN ACT
relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against an
associate judge in certain cases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.221(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district
may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law
regulating those writs, against [a]:
(1) a judge of a district or county court in the court
of appeals district; [or]
(2) a judge of a district court who is acting as a
magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52, Code of Criminal
Procedure, in the court of appeals district; or
(3) an associate judge of a district or county court
appointed by a judge under Chapter 201, Family Code, in the court of
appeals district for the judge who appointed the associate judge.
SECTION 2. Section 22.221(b), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1,
Title 4, or Title 5, Family Code, on or after the effective date of
this Act. A suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, Title 4, or Title
5, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor