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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to orders and judgments rendered by associate judges in |
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child support and child protection cases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.1041(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring |
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court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing before |
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the referring court is waived, the proposed order or judgment of the |
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associate judge, other than a proposed order or judgment providing |
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for enforcement by contempt or the immediate incarceration of a |
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party, shall become the order or judgment of the referring court by |
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operation of law without the signature of the judge of the referring |
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court or ratification by the referring court. |
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SECTION 2. Section 201.2041(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring |
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court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing before |
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the referring court is waived, the proposed order or judgment of the |
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associate judge becomes the order or judgment of the referring |
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court by operation of law without the signature of the judge of the |
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referring court or ratification by the referring court. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |