LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 1, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB723  by Bernsen (Relating to the probate and
               administration of a decedent's estate.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would eliminate the requirement of stating the applicant s and
decedent s social security numbers on the application for probate, allow
a personal representative of an estate to administer certain community
property when no community administrator qualifies, and limit the
jurisdiction where a claimant can sue when the claim has been rejected
by the representative.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TB, WP, SS