Bill Text: TX HB3443 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the judicial immunity and powers of certain magistrates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3443 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3443-Introduced.html
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| By: Jackson | H.B. No. 3443 | |
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| relating to the judicial immunity and powers of certain | ||
| magistrates. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 54.1176(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The judge shall adopt, modify, or reject the | ||
| magistrate's recommendations not later than the third working day | ||
| after the date the judge receives the recommendations. If the judge | ||
| does not take action in the time provided by this subsection, the | ||
| recommendations of the magistrate are adopted by the judge. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter W, Chapter 54, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 54.1177 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.1177. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY. A magistrate appointed | ||
| under this subchapter has the same judicial immunity as a district | ||
| judge. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 54.1176(b), Government Code, apply to a cause of action referred to | ||
| a magistrate on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of | ||
| action referred to a magistrate before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, | ||
| and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
