| 1 | | - | By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez) H.B. No. 1480 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 18, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Administration; May 23, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1480 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against an |
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| 12 | 6 | | associate judge in certain cases. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 22.221(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 9 | | to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (b) Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district |
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| 17 | 11 | | may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law |
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| 18 | 12 | | regulating those writs, against [a]: |
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| 19 | 13 | | (1) a judge of a district or county court in the court |
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| 20 | 14 | | of appeals district; [or] |
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| 21 | 15 | | (2) a judge of a district court who is acting as a |
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| 22 | 16 | | magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52, Code of Criminal |
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| 23 | 17 | | Procedure, in the court of appeals district; or |
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| 24 | 18 | | (3) an associate judge of a district or county court |
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| 25 | 19 | | appointed by a judge under Chapter 201, Family Code, in the court of |
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| 26 | 20 | | appeals district for the judge who appointed the associate judge. |
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| 27 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 22.221(b), Government Code, as amended |
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| 28 | 22 | | by this Act, applies only to a suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, |
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| 29 | 23 | | Title 4, or Title 5, Family Code, on or after the effective date of |
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| 30 | 24 | | this Act. A suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, Title 4, or Title |
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| 31 | 25 | | 5, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 32 | 26 | | the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law |
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| 33 | 27 | | is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 29 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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| 32 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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| 33 | + | voting. |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 36 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 37 | + | 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 38 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 41 | + | Date |
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| 42 | + | _____________________ |
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| 43 | + | Governor |
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