Bill Text: TX HB1209 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a probate fee exemption for estates of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and others killed in the line of duty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-04 - Referred to Jurisprudence [HB1209 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1209-Engrossed.html
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| By: Taylor of Galveston, et al. | H.B. No. 1209 | |
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| relating to a probate fee exemption for estates of certain law | ||
| enforcement officers, firefighters, and others killed in the line | ||
| of duty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| ARTICLE 1. TEXAS PROBATE CODE | ||
| SECTION 1.01. Chapter I, Texas Probate Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 11B to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11B. EXEMPTION FROM PROBATE FEES FOR ESTATES OF | ||
| CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND OTHERS. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Eligible decedent" means an individual listed in | ||
| Section 615.003, Government Code. | ||
| (2) "Line of duty" and "personal injury" have the | ||
| meanings assigned by Section 615.021(e), Government Code. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the clerk of a court may | ||
| not charge, or collect from, the estate of an eligible decedent any | ||
| of the following fees if the decedent died as a result of a personal | ||
| injury sustained in the line of duty in the individual's position as | ||
| described by Section 615.003, Government Code: | ||
| (1) a fee for or associated with the filing of the | ||
| decedent's will for probate; and | ||
| (2) a fee for any service rendered by the court | ||
| regarding the administration of the decedent's estate. | ||
| SECTION 1.02. The changes in law made by this article apply | ||
| only to the estate of a decedent who dies on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. The estate of a decedent who dies before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date of the decedent's death, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| ARTICLE 2. ESTATES CODE | ||
| SECTION 2.01. Subchapter B, Chapter 53, Estates Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 53.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 53.054. EXEMPTION FROM PROBATE FEES FOR ESTATES OF | ||
| CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND OTHERS. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Eligible decedent" means an individual listed in | ||
| Section 615.003, Government Code. | ||
| (2) "Line of duty" and "personal injury" have the | ||
| meanings assigned by Section 615.021(e), Government Code. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the clerk of a court may | ||
| not charge, or collect from, the estate of an eligible decedent any | ||
| of the following fees if the decedent died as a result of a personal | ||
| injury sustained in the line of duty in the individual's position as | ||
| described by Section 615.003, Government Code: | ||
| (1) a fee for or associated with the filing of the | ||
| decedent's will for probate; and | ||
| (2) a fee for any service rendered by the court | ||
| regarding the administration of the decedent's estate. | ||
| SECTION 2.02. Section 11B, Texas Probate Code, as added by | ||
| Article 1 of this Act, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 2.03. This article takes effect January 1, 2014. | ||
| ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
| SECTION 3.01. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, | ||
| this Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
