LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 30, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2152  by Averitt (Relating to the validity of certain
               devises or bequests.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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A devise or bequest of property in a will to an attorney who prepares or
supervises the preparation of the will is not void if the devise or
bequest is made to a person who is the testator's spouse, an ascendant
or descendant of the testator, or is related within the third degree by
consanguinity or affinity to the testator.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, SS