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S.B. No. 742 Chapter 760 AN ACT relating to the qualifications to serve as an associate judge or visiting associate judge in certain family law proceedings. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 201.1021, Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) To be eligible.for appointment under this subchapter, a person must be [- [-(-)] a citizen of the United States. [an4] have resided in this state [th diitti judicial gi, o. .prsn is ap poin.td is locte ] for the two years preceding the date of appointment, [-] and be: (1) eligible for assignment under Section 74.054, Government Code, because the person is named on the list of retired and former judges maintained by the presiding judge of the administrative region under Section 74.055, Government Code; or (2) licensed to practice law in this state and have been a practicing lawyer in this state, or a judge of a court in this state who is not otherwise eligible under Subdivision (1), for the four years preceding the date of appointment. SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 201.113, Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A person is not eligible for appointment under this
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June 19, 2009;
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