By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1163 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the jurisdiction of statutory probate courts. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Section 25.0021, Government Code, is amended to 1-4 read as follows: 1-5 Sec. 25.0021. JURISDICTION. (a) If a provision of this 1-6 subchapter conflicts with a specific provision for a particular 1-7 court or county, the specific provision controls except that this 1-8 subchapter controls over a specific provision for a particular 1-9 court or county if the specific provision attempts to create 1-10 jurisdiction in a statutory probate court other than jurisdiction 1-11 over probate, guardianship, mental health, or eminent domain 1-12 proceedings. 1-13 (b) A statutory probate court as that term is defined in 1-14 Section 3(ii), Texas Probate Code, has the general jurisdiction of 1-15 a probate court as provided by the Texas Probate Code. 1-16 SECTION 2. Section 25.00266, Government Code, and Section 1-17 25.0032, Government Code, as added by Chapter 394, Acts of the 72nd 1-18 Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, are repealed. 1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-20 SECTION 4. This Act applies only to the jurisdiction of 1-21 cases filed on or after the effective date of this Act. The 1-22 jurisdiction of a case filed before the effective date of this Act 1-23 is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the 1-24 effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for 2-1 that purpose.