Section 201.018 - Visiting Associate Judge(a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is temporarily unable to perform the judge's official duties because of absence or illness, injury, or other disability, a judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title, Title 1, Chapter 45, or Title 4 may appoint a visiting associate judge to perform the duties of the associate judge during the period of the associate judge's absence or disability if the commissioners court of a county in which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the employment of a visiting associate judge.(b) To be eligible for appointment under this section, a person must have served as an associate judge for at least two years.(c) Sections 201.001 through 201.017 apply to a visiting associate judge appointed under this section.(d) This section does not apply to an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 197,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2015.Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2003.