By Thompson H.B. No. 1780 74R5972 MWV-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the bond required of certain guardians. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 702(b), Texas Probate Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 (b) A bond is not required to be given by a guardian that 1-7 is: 1-8 (1) a corporate fiduciary, as defined by Section 1-9 601(5) of this code; or 1-10 (2) a guardianship program operated by a county with a 1-11 population of more than 2.5 million, according to the most recent 1-12 federal decennial census. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. The 1-14 changes in law made by this Act apply only to a person appointed by 1-15 a court to serve as guardian of the person of a ward on or after 1-16 the effective date of this Act. A person who is appointed by a 1-17 court to serve as guardian of the person of a ward before the 1-18 effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 1-19 date the person was appointed by the court, and the former law is 1-20 continued in effect for that purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.