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	Amend CSHB 1186 as follows:                                                  

(1)  On page 1, line 5, strike "Sections 5(b-2) and (e)," and 	substitute "Sections 5(b-1), (b-2), and (e),".
	(2)  On page 1, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:                   
	(b-1)  If the judge of the county court has not transferred a 
contested probate matter to the district court under this section 
by [at] the time a party files a motion for assignment of a 
statutory probate court judge, the county judge shall grant the 
motion and may not transfer the matter to district court unless the 
party withdraws the motion.  A party to a proceeding may file a 
motion for assignment of a statutory probate court judge under this 
section before the matter becomes a contested probate matter, and 
the motion is given effect as a motion for assignment of a statutory 
probate court judge under Subsection (b) of this section if the 
matter later becomes contested.  A transfer of a contested probate 
matter to district court under any authority other than the 
authority provided by this section:
		(1)  is disregarded for purposes of this section; and                  
		(2)  does not defeat the right of a party to the matter 
to have the matter assigned to a statutory probate court judge in 
accordance with this section.