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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers of an associate judge in a Title IV-D case. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 201.104, Family Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and subject to Section |
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201.1042(g), an associate judge may hear and render an order on: |
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(1) a suit to modify or clarify an existing child |
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support order; |
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(2) a motion to enforce a child support order or revoke |
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a respondent's community supervision and suspension of commitment; |
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[or] |
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(3) a respondent's compliance with the conditions |
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provided in the associate judge's report for suspension of the |
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respondent's commitment; or |
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(4) a motion for postjudgment relief, including a |
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motion for a new trial or to vacate, correct, or reform a judgment, |
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if neither party has requested a de novo hearing before the |
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referring court. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a Title IV-D case referred to an associate judge under Subchapter |
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B, Chapter 201, Family Code, on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A Title IV-D case referred to an associate judge before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the case was referred, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |