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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of associate judges in child protective |
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services cases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (e), Section 201.201, Family |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The presiding judge of each administrative judicial |
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region, after conferring with the judges of courts in the region |
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having family law jurisdiction and a child protection caseload, |
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shall determine which courts require the appointment of a full-time |
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or part-time associate judge to complete cases under Subtitle E
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[each case within the times specified in Chapters 262 and 263].
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(e) This section does not limit the jurisdiction of a court |
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to issue orders under Subtitle E [Chapter 262 or 263].
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SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |
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