By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1007
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the staffing of certain courts with statutory probate
 1-2     court jurisdiction.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 25.0024, Government Code,
 1-5     is amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  A judge of a statutory probate court shall [in a county
 1-7     with a population of one million or more may] hire with the
 1-8     approval of the commissioners court through the county budget
 1-9     process a court coordinator, an administrative assistant, and an
1-10     auditor for the court.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.