Bill Text: TX SB1623 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring the provision of security from certain persons for the probable costs of a guardianship proceeding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1623 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1623-Introduced.html

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84R2368 CLG-D
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 1623

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the provision of security from certain
persons for the probable costs of a guardianship proceeding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1053.052(a), Estates Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The clerk may require or may obtain from the court an
order requiring a person who files an application, complaint, or
opposition relating to a guardianship proceeding, other than a
guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem, to provide
security for the probable costs of the proceeding before filing the
application, complaint, or opposition.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.