By:  Haggerty (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)                        H.B. No. 3475
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2005; 
April 19, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 5, 2005, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the statutory probate courts of El Paso County.                 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.0731(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  El Paso County has the following [one] statutory probate 
courts:
		(1)  [court,]  the Probate Court No. 1 of El Paso 
County, Texas; and
		(2)  the Probate Court No. 2 of El Paso County, Texas.                 
	SECTION 2.  Section 25.0733, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
	(b)  The Probate Court No. 2 of El Paso County has primary 
responsibility for mental illness proceedings and for all 
administration related to mental illness proceedings, including 
budget preparation, staff management, and the adoption of 
administrative policy.  The Probate Court No. 1 of El Paso County 
has secondary responsibility for mental illness proceedings.
	SECTION 3.  The Probate Court No. 2 of El Paso County, Texas, 
is created September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



* * * * *