By:  Van de Putte                                      S.B. No. 618
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the eligibility for appointment of a visiting associate
 1-3     judge in certain family law cases.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 201.018, Family Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  To be eligible for appointment under this section, a
 1-8     person must have served as an associate judge for at least two
 1-9     [six] years.
1-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-11     applies only to the appointment of a visiting associate judge made
1-12     on or after that date.  An appointment made before the effective
1-13     date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date that
1-14     the appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect
1-15     for that purpose.