By Thompson                                            H.B. No. 537
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the transfer of certain causes of action by a statutory
 1-3     probate court.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 25.00221(b), Government Code, as added by
 1-6     Chapter 71, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is
 1-7     amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (b)  If the judge of a statutory probate court that has
 1-9     jurisdiction over a cause of action appertaining to or incident to
1-10     an estate pending in the statutory probate court determines that
1-11     the court no longer has jurisdiction over the cause of action, the
1-12     judge may transfer that cause of action to:
1-13                 (1)  a district court, county court, statutory county
1-14     court, or justice court located in the same county that has
1-15     jurisdiction over the cause of action that is transferred; or
1-16                 (2)  the court from which the cause of action was
1-17     transferred to the statutory probate court under Section 5B or 608,
1-18     Texas Probate Code.
1-19           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-20           (b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section
1-21     25.00221(b), Government Code, as added by Chapter 71, Acts of the
1-22     76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,  applies only to a cause
1-23     of action filed on or after the effective date of this Act.