1-1     By:  Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)             H.B. No. 534
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of an assigned
 1-9     statutory probate court judge.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 25.0022(n), Government Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           (n)  A judge assigned under this section has the
1-14     jurisdiction, powers, and duties given by Sections 5, 5A, 5B, 606,
1-15     [and] 607, and 608, Texas Probate Code, to statutory probate court
1-16     judges by general law [the regular judge of the court to which
1-17     assigned].
1-18           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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