By Naishtat H.B. No. 1195 74R5180 MWV-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the appointment of persons convicted of certain crimes 1-3 as guardians. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 678, Texas Probate Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 678. Presumption Concerning Best Interest. It is 1-8 presumed not to be in the best interests of a ward to appoint a 1-9 person as guardian of the ward if the person has been finally 1-10 convicted of any sexual offense, sexual assault, aggravated 1-11 assault, aggravated sexual assault, injury to a child, to an 1-12 elderly individual, or to a disabled individual, abandoning or 1-13 endangering a child, or incest. 1-14 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-20 passage, and it is so enacted.