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Amend SB 1887 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, strike lines 15-18 and substitute the following:
(h) A judge exercising jurisdiction over a child in a suit instituted under Subtitle E, Title 5, may refer any aspect of a suit involving the child that is instituted under this title to the appropriate associate judge appointed under Subchapter C, Chapter 201, serving in the county and exercising jurisdiction over the child under Subtitle E, Title 5, if the associate judge consents to the referral. The scope of an
(2) On page 1, lines 20 and 21, strike "juvenile court".
(3) On page 1, line 24, through page 2, line 1, strike "FOR ADJUDICATION OR DISPOSITION." and substitute "TO COMBINE PROCEEDINGS. (a)".
(4) On page 2, at the end of line 2, insert "district or statutory county".
(5) On page 2, line 3, strike "a county" and substitute "another county".
(6) Strike page 2, lines 4-7, and substitute the following:
child in a suit instituted under Subtitle E, Title 5. A case may only be transferred under this section with the consent of the judge of the court to which the case is being transferred.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 51.04, a district or statutory county court to which a case is transferred under this section has jurisdiction over the transferred case regardless of whether the court is a designated juvenile court or alternative juvenile court in the county.
(c) If the court exercising jurisdiction over the child under Subtitle E, Title 5, consents to a transfer under this section, the juvenile court shall file the transfer order with the clerk of the transferring court. On receipt and without a hearing or further order from the juvenile court, the clerk of the transferring court shall transfer the files, including transcripts of records and documents for the case as soon as practicable but not later than the 10th day after the date an order of transfer is filed.
(d) On receipt of the pleadings, documents, and orders from the transferring court, the clerk of the receiving court shall notify the judge of the receiving court, all parties, and the clerk of the transferring court.