1-1     By:  Van de Putte                                      S.B. No. 618
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2001; February 12, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     April 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 10, 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.  Subsection (b), Section 201.018, Family Code, is
1-12     amended to 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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