85R26694 SRS-F     By: Capriglione, Romero, Jr. H.B. No. 3785     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3785:     By:  Murr C.S.H.B. No. 3785       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to associate judges and court reporters for certain family   law cases and proceedings.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 201.009, Family Code, is amended to read   as follows:          Sec. 201.009.  COURT REPORTER; RECORD. In [(a) A court   reporter may be provided during] a hearing held by an associate   judge appointed under this chapter, a court reporter must be   provided or the proceedings must be recorded with a good quality   electronic audio recording device. A court reporter is required to   be provided when the associate judge presides over a jury trial or   child custody and parental termination matters [a contested final   termination hearing].          [(b)     A party, the associate judge, or the referring court   may provide for a reporter during the hearing, if one is not   otherwise provided.          [(c)     Except as provided by Subsection (a), in the absence of   a court reporter or on agreement of the parties, the record may be   preserved by any means approved by the associate judge.          [(d)     The referring court or associate judge may tax the   expense of preserving the record under Subsection (c) as costs.          [(e)     On a request for a de novo hearing, the referring court   may consider testimony or other evidence in the record in addition   to witnesses or other matters presented under Section 201.015.]          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.