SRC-JEC H.B. 1376 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1376
77R5823 KSD-DBy: Menendez (Van de Putte)
Jurisprudence
4/12/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law allows associate judges to appoint a visiting associate judge
to perform the duties of an associate judge who is temporarily absent,
disabled, injured, or ill. Currently, to be eligible for an appointment as
a visiting associate judge, a person must have served as an associate judge
for at least six years. The six-year service requirement reduces the number
of visiting associate judges available for such purposes. H.B. 1376 reduces
the number of years a person must have served as an associate judge to be
eligible for appointment as a visiting associate judge.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency.  

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 201.018(b), Family Code, to provide that to be
eligible for appointment under this section, a person must have served as
an associate judge for at least two, rather than six, years. 

SECTION 2.   Effective date: September 1, 2001.
  Makes application of this Act prospective.