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AN ACT
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relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against certain |
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judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.221(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district |
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may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law |
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regulating those writs, against [a]: |
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(1) a judge of a district, statutory county, statutory |
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probate county, or county court in the court of appeals district; |
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[or] |
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(2) a judge of a district court who is acting as a |
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magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, in the court of appeals district; or |
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(3) an associate judge of a district or county court |
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appointed by a judge under Chapter 201, Family Code, in the court of |
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appeals district for the judge who appointed the associate judge. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 22.221(b)(1), Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a proceeding seeking a writ of |
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mandamus filed in a court of appeals under Section 22.221, |
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Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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proceeding seeking a writ of mandamus filed before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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(b) Section 22.221(b)(3), Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, |
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Title 4, or Title 5, Family Code, on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, Title 4, or Title |
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5, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1233 passed the Senate on |
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April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1233 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 2, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |