H.B. No. 1480

	AN ACT
	relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against an
	associate judge in certain cases.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.221(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district
	may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law
	regulating those writs, against [a]:
	(1)  a judge of a district or county court in the court
	of appeals district; [or]
	(2)  a judge of a district court who is acting as a
	magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, in the court of appeals district; or
	(3)  an associate judge of a district or county court
	appointed by a judge under Chapter 201, Family Code, in the court of
	appeals district for the judge who appointed the associate judge.
	SECTION 2.  Section 22.221(b), Government Code, as amended
	by this Act, applies only to a suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1,
	Title 4, or Title 5, Family Code, on or after the effective date of
	this Act. A suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, Title 4, or Title
	5, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by
	the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law
	is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1480 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor