By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez) H.B. No. 1480
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 18, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 23, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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