HBA-BSM, CMT H.B. 2077 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2077
By: Reyna, Arthur
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
3/25/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a child support master is subject to objection
procedures in the same manner as an associate judge hearing a trial on
merits or presiding at a jury trial.  Removing this provision would
increase the efficiency of local courts in family law cases.  House Bill
2077 exempts a child support master from the objection procedures. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2077 amends the Family Code to set forth that the provisions of
the Family Code relating to procedures for objection to an associate judge
hearing a trial on the merits or presiding at a jury trial do not apply to
a child support master. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.