1-1 By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 791 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 1993; 1-3 April 13, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; April 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 20, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Henderson x 1-9 Harris of Tarrant x 1-10 Brown x 1-11 Harris of Dallas x 1-12 Luna x 1-13 Parker x 1-14 West x 1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-16 AN ACT 1-17 relating to the execution of wills and codicils to wills. 1-18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-19 SECTION 1. Chapter IV, Texas Probate Code, is amended by 1-20 adding Section 69A to read as follows: 1-21 Sec. 69A. CHANGING WILLS. (a) A court may not prohibit a 1-22 person from executing a new will or a codicil to an existing will. 1-23 (b) Notwithstanding Section 3(g) of this code, in this 1-24 section, "court" means a constitutional county court, district 1-25 court, or statutory county court, including a statutory probate 1-26 court. 1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-28 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-33 * * * * * 1-34 Austin, 1-35 Texas 1-36 April 20, 1993 1-37 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-38 President of the Senate 1-39 Sir: 1-40 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B. 1-41 No. 791, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed 1-42 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do 1-43 pass and be printed. 1-44 Henderson, 1-45 Chairman 1-46 * * * * * 1-47 WITNESSES 1-48 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 791.