By Thompson H.B. No. 777 76R4088 KLA-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court in 1-3 certain guardianship matters. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 607(b), Texas Probate Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (b) In a proceeding in a statutory probate court or district 1-8 court, the phrases "appertaining to estates" and "incident to an 1-9 estate" in this chapter include the appointment of guardians, the 1-10 issuance of letters of guardianship, all claims by or against a 1-11 guardianship estate, all actions for trial of title to land and for 1-12 the enforcement of liens on the land, all actions for trial of the 1-13 right of property, and generally all matters relating to the 1-14 settlement, partition, and distribution of a guardianship estate. 1-15 A statutory probate court, in the exercise of its jurisdiction and 1-16 notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, may hear all 1-17 suits, actions, and applications filed against or on behalf of any 1-18 guardianship; all such suits, actions, and applications are 1-19 appertaining to and incident to an estate. In a situation in which 1-20 the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court is concurrent with 1-21 that of a district court, a cause of action appertaining to or 1-22 incident to a guardianship estate shall be brought in a statutory 1-23 probate court rather than in the district court. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.