Amend HB 3086 as follows: On page 2 of the committee printing between lines 47 and 48 insert the following and renumber the subsequent sections appropriately: "SECTION 3. Section 5, Texas Probate Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: (g) Notwithstanding any other law, a statutory county court created under Chapter 25, Government Code, that has the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court on August 31, 1997, retains that jurisdiction after that date. This subsection expires August 31, 1999. SECTION 4. (a) An interim committee is created to study the statutory probate system and to determine the appropriate jurisdiction of probate courts in this state. (b) The committee consists of six members, of whom: (1) three shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor from the members of the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence; and (2) three shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives from the members of the House Committee on Judicial Affairs. (c) The presiding officers appointing the members of the committee shall each appoint a presiding officer from among the members appointed to the committee. (d) The committee shall convene at the call of the two presiding officers. (e) The committee shall study the statutory probate system of this state and the jurisdiction of the various courts with probate jurisdiction and shall make recommendations concerning the appropriate jurisdiction of those courts. (f) Not later than February 1, 1999, the committee shall report the committee's findings and recommendations to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the members of the 76th Legislature. (g) Not later than the 15th day after the effective date of this Act, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the members of the interim committee created under this section."