By Wentworth S.B. No. 1163 76R7551 DB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the jurisdiction of statutory probate courts. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 25.0021, Government Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 25.0021. JURISDICTION. (a) If a provision of this 1-7 subchapter conflicts with a specific provision for a particular 1-8 court or county, the specific provision controls except that this 1-9 subchapter controls over a specific provision for a particular 1-10 court or county if the specific provision attempts to create 1-11 jurisdiction in a statutory probate court other than jurisdiction 1-12 over probate, guardianship, mental health, or eminent domain 1-13 proceedings. 1-14 (b) A statutory probate court as that term is defined in 1-15 Section 3(ii), Texas Probate Code, has the general jurisdiction of 1-16 a probate court as provided by the Texas Probate Code. 1-17 SECTION 2. Section 25.00266, Government Code, and Section 1-18 25.0032, Government Code, as added by Chapter 394, Acts of the 72nd 1-19 Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, are repealed. 1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-21 SECTION 4. This Act applies only to the jurisdiction of 1-22 cases filed on or after the effective date of this Act. The 1-23 jurisdiction of a case filed before the effective date of this Act 1-24 is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the 2-1 effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for 2-2 that purpose.