Sec. 54B.014.  JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S REPORT.  After the associate judge's report is filed, and unless the parties have filed a written notice of appeal to the referring court, the referring court may:
(1)  adopt, approve, or reject the associate judge's report;
(2)  hear further evidence; or
(3)  recommit the matter for further proceedings as the referring court considers proper and necessary in the particular circumstances of the case.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 5.007, eff. September 1, 2023.