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By: Homer H.B. No. 3180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to masters and associate judges for certain family law
matters..
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.101(a), Family Code is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The presiding judge of each administrative judicial
region, after conferring with the judges of courts in the region
having jurisdiction of Title IV-D cases, shall determine which
courts require the appointment of a full-time or part-time master
to complete each Title IV-D case within the time specified in this
subchapter, except in the courts located in Hopkins County.
SECTION 2. Section 201.201 (a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The presiding judge of each administrative judicial
region, after conferring with the judges of courts in the region
having family law jurisdiction and substitute care caseload, shall
determine which courts require the appointment of a full-time or
part-time associate judge to complete each case within the time
specified in Chapters 262 and 263, except in the courts located in
Hopkins County.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.