Amend SB 1952 as follows: (1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (g) of Section 5, Texas Probate Code (senate committee report, page 1, line 15), at the end of the subsection after the period, insert "This subsection expires August 31, 1999." (2) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION ____. (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.