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	Amend HB 2068 by striking all below the enacting clause and 
substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Section 151.001, Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 151.001.  REFERRAL BY AGREEMENT.  (a)  On agreement of 
the parties, in civil or family law matters pending in a district 
court, statutory probate court, or statutory county court, the 
judge in whose court the case is pending may order referral of the 
case as provided by this chapter and shall stay proceedings in the 
judge's court pending the outcome of the trial.  Any or all of the 
issues in the cases, whether an issue of fact or law, may be 
referred.
	(b)  A judge shall order referral of the case under 
Subsection (a) if the motion for referral states that there is no 
dispute among the parties as to any issue of fact or law in the case.
	SECTION 2.  Section 151.001, Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a motion for referral 
of a case to a special judge that is made on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A motion for referral made before the effective 
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the 
referral was made, and that law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.