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.