H.B. No. 1995
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the time in which to appeal a report by an associate
  judge in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 201.015(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A party may appeal an associate judge's report by filing
  notice of appeal not later than the seventh working [third] day
  after the date the party receives notice of the substance of the
  associate judge's report as provided by Section 201.011.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A suit affecting the parent-child
  relationship filed before that date 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, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1995 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1995 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor