By Reyna of Bexar                                     H.B. No. 2077
         77R4656 MCK-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of a child support master to hear certain
 1-3     cases.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 201.102, Family Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subsection (c) to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  The provisions of Section 201.005 relating to procedures
 1-8     for objection to an associate judge hearing a trial on the merits
 1-9     or presiding at a jury trial do not apply to a child support master
1-10     appointed under this subchapter.
1-11           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-12     applies only to a case referred to a child support master under
1-13     Subchapter B, Chapter 201, Family Code, on or after that date.