1-1     By:  Menendez (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)         H.B. No. 1376
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the eligibility for appointment of a visiting associate
 1-9     judge in certain family law cases.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 201.018(b), Family Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           (b)  To be eligible for appointment under this section, a
1-14     person must have served as an associate judge for at least two
1-15     [six] years.
1-16           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-17     applies only to the appointment of a visiting associate judge made
1-18     on or after that date.  An appointment made before the effective
1-19     date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date that
1-20     the appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect
1-21     for that purpose.
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