Amend SB 506, by adding a Section ____ to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  Amend Sec. 5A(b), Probate Code, to read as
follows:
      (b)  In proceedings in the statutory probate courts and
district courts, the phrases "appertaining to estates" and
"incident to an estate" in this Code include the probate of wills,
the issuance of letters testamentary and of administration, and the
determination of heirship, and also include, but are not limited
to, all claims by or against an estate, all actions for trial of
title to land and for the enforcement of liens thereon, all actions
for trial of the right of property, all actions to construe wills,
the interpretation and administration of testamentary trusts and
the applying of constructive trusts, and generally all matters
relating to the settlement, partition, and distribution of estates
of deceased persons. All statutory probate courts may, in the
exercise of their jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Code, hear all suits, actions, and applications
filed against or on behalf of any heirship proceeding or decedent's
estate, including estates administered by an independent executor;
all such suits, actions and applications are appertaining to and
incident to an estate for the purposes of this section. This
subsection shall be construed in conjunction with and in harmony
with Section 145 and all other sections of this Code dealing with
independent executors, but shall not be construed so as to increase
permissible judicial control over independent executors. All
statutory probate courts shall have the same powers over
independent executors that are exercisable by the district courts.
In situations where the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court
is concurrent with that of a district court, any cause of action
appertaining to estates or incident to an estate shall be brought
in a statutory probate court rather than in the district court.