Sec. 54.1176.  PAPERS TRANSMITTED TO JUDGE.  (a)  At the conclusion of a hearing, the magistrate shall transmit to the judge any papers relating to the case, including:
(1)  the magistrate's findings and recommendations;  and
(2)  a statement that notice of the findings and recommendations and of the right to a hearing before the judge has been given to all parties.
(b)  The judge shall adopt, modify, or reject the magistrate's recommendations not later than the third working day after the date the judge receives the recommendations.  If the judge does not take action in the time provided by this subsection, the recommendations of the magistrate are adopted by the judge.
(c)  The judge shall send written notice of any modification or rejection of the magistrate's recommendations to each party to the case.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Government Code, Section 54.1156 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(27), eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 187 (S.B. 1242), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.