Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3086 amends the Government Code to allow, on request of the presiding judge of an administrative judicial district, the assignment of a statutory probate judge to hear a probate matter in a county court or statutory county court. The act provides for the compensation of a former or retired judge assigned to a county that does not have a statutory probate court and establishes a procedure for the recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate judge. The act provides that a statutory county court that has the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court as of August 31, 1997, retains that jurisdiction after that date.