By: Creighton S.B. No. 1966     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain procedures for cases and orders relating to the   Title IV-D agency.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 201.104(e), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and subject to Section   201.1042(g), an associate judge may hear and render an order on any   matter necessary to be decided in connection with a Title IV-D   service, including:                (1)  a suit to modify or clarify an existing child   support order;                (2)  a motion to enforce a child support order or revoke   a respondent's community supervision and suspension of commitment;                (3)  a respondent's compliance with the conditions   provided in the associate judge's report for suspension of the   respondent's commitment; [or]                (4)  a motion for postjudgment relief, including a   motion for a new trial or to vacate, correct, or reform a judgment,   if neither party has requested a de novo hearing before the   referring court;                (5)  a suit affecting the parent-child relationship;   and                (6)  a suit for modification under Chapter 156.          SECTION 2.  Section 231.118, Family Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a return of the process   made under this section in a suit is not required to include the   address served if:                (1)  a pleading filed in the suit requests a finding   under Section 105.006(c); or                (2)  the court has previously made a finding and   ordered nondisclosure under Section 105.006(c) relating to the   parties and the order has not been superseded.          SECTION 3.  Section 233.024(a), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  On the filing of an agreed child support review order   signed by all parties, together with waiver of service, the court   shall sign the order not later than the third day after the filing   of the order.  On expiration of the third day after the filing of the   order, the order is considered confirmed by the court by operation   of law, regardless of whether the court has signed the order.  The   court may sign the order before filing the order, but the signed   order shall immediately be filed.          SECTION 4.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to   Section 201.104, Family Code, applies only to a Title IV-D case   referred to an associate judge under Subchapter B, Chapter 201,   Family Code, on or after the effective date of this Act.  A Title   IV-D case referred to an associate judge before the effective date   of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the case was   referred, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          (b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 231.118,   Family Code, applies 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 the   effective date of this Act 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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.