By Hamric H.B. No. 2975 74R8059 CLG-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the funds of the estate of wards of certain 1-3 guardianship programs. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 855, Texas Probate Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (g) A guardianship program operated by a county that serves 1-8 as the guardian of the estate of a ward may deposit funds of the 1-9 ward's estate in an account in the county depository. If the 1-10 account earns interest, the county is entitled to retain from the 1-11 amount of interest earned monthly on the account a reasonable 1-12 amount not to exceed $10, as determined by the commissioners court 1-13 of the county, to compensate the county for maintaining the 1-14 account. 1-15 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-21 passage, and it is so enacted.