Bill Text: TX SB993 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the relationship between the Estates Code and the former Texas Probate Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-10 - Referred to State Affairs [SB993 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB993-Introduced.html

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84R11184 KFF-F
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the relationship between the Estates Code and the
former Texas Probate Code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
becomes law.
(b) Section 21.002, Estates Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 21.002. CONSTRUCTION. (a) Except as provided by [this
section,] Section 22.027[,] or [Section] 1002.023, Chapter 311,
Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the
construction of a provision of this code.
(b) This code and the Texas Probate Code, as amended, shall
be considered one continuous statute, and for the purposes of any
instrument that refers to the Texas Probate Code, this code shall be
considered an amendment to the Texas Probate Code [Chapter 311,
Government Code (Code Construction Act), does not apply to the
construction of a provision of Subtitle X, Title 2, or Subtitle Y or
Z, Title 3].
SECTION 2. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
not become law.
(b) Section 21.002, Estates Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This code and the Texas Probate Code, as amended, shall
be considered one continuous statute, and for the purposes of any
instrument that refers to the Texas Probate Code, this code shall be
considered an amendment to the Texas Probate Code.
SECTION 3. 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.