{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-151.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 151.001","heading":"REFERRAL BY AGREEMENT.","body":"On agreement of the parties, in civil or family law matters pending in a district court, a statutory probate court, a statutory county court, or the business court, the judge in whose court the case is pending may order referral of the case as provided by this chapter and shall stay proceedings in the judge's court pending the outcome of the trial. Any or all of the issues in the cases, whether an issue of fact or law, may be referred.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 4.06(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 49 (H.B. 231), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 151. TRIAL BY SPECIAL JUDGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.151.htm#151.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"dc5d6cef5b70c079b9d81d506e1327f69b887c7e299c70bf4fd848ed24b2cfca","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-150e.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-151.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}