85R5685 LED-F     By: Hunter H.B. No. 2929       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the qualifications for an impartial third party in   certain civil disputes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 154.052(b), Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (b)  To qualify for an appointment as an impartial third   party under this subchapter in a dispute relating to the   parent-child relationship, a person must complete the training   required by Subsection (a) and:                (1)  an additional 24 hours of training in the fields of   family dynamics, child development, and family law; and                (2)  an additional eight hours of family violence   dynamics training provided by a family violence service provider.          SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Section 154.052, Civil Practice   and Remedies Code, as amended by this Act, a person who satisfies   the qualifications to be an impartial third party in effect   immediately before the effective date of this Act is not required to   comply with the requirements imposed by that section, as amended by   this Act, until January 1, 2018, to be qualified to serve as an   impartial third party under Subchapter C, Chapter 154, Civil   Practice and Remedies Code, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.