Amend SB 593 (introduced version) as follows:                                
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Section 
128A(c)(1), Texas Probate Code (page 2, lines 9 through 14), and 
substitute the following:
		(1)  if the beneficiary is a trust, to the trustee, 
unless the personal representative is the trustee, in which case 
the personal representative shall give the notice to:
			(A)  except as provided by Paragraph (B) of this 
subdivision, the person, entity, or class first eligible to receive 
the trust income, to be determined for purposes of this paragraph as 
if the trust were in existence on the date of the decedent's death; 
or
			(B)  the attorney general, if under Paragraph (A) 
of this subdivision the notice is required to be given to:
				(i)  a charitable beneficiary that is no 
longer in existence; or   
				(ii)  a class of charitable beneficiaries, 
but providing the notice to the class is impracticable because the 
class is not composed of natural persons or is unascertainable;
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of proposed Section 
128A(c)(2), Texas Probate Code (page 2, line 16), strike "; and" and 
substitute an underlined semicolon.
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of proposed Section 
128A(c)(3), Texas Probate Code (page 2, line 18), between "minor" 
and the underlined period, insert the following:

; and                                                                  
		(4)  if the beneficiary is a charitable beneficiary 
that is no longer in existence or is a class of charitable 
beneficiaries that is not composed of natural persons or is 
unascertainable, to the attorney general
	(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Section 
128A(d)(1)(A), Texas Probate Code (page 2, lines 21 through 25), 
and substitute the following:
			(A)  the name and address of the beneficiary to 
whom the notice is given or, for a beneficiary described by 
Subsection (c) of this section:
				(i)  the name and address of the beneficiary 
for whom the notice is given or, if that beneficiary is a charitable 
beneficiary or class of charitable beneficiaries described by 
Subsection (c)(4) of this section, a description of the beneficiary 
or class of beneficiaries; and
				(ii)  the name and address of the person to 
whom the notice is given;
	(5)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Section 
128A(d)(1)(F), Texas Probate Code (page 3, lines 6 through 9), and 
substitute the following:
			(F)  that the personal representative is a 
fiduciary and owes duties to the beneficiary, the beneficiary has 
rights under the Texas Probate Code and common law, and the 
beneficiary should consider retaining an attorney to advise the 
beneficiary of those rights and duties;  and
	(6)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 128A(f), 
Texas Probate Code, strike page 3, lines 14 through 22 and 
substitute the following:
	(f)  Not later than the 90th day after the date of an order 
admitting a will to probate, the personal representative shall file 
with the clerk of the court in which the decedent's estate is 
pending a sworn affidavit of the personal representative, or a 
certificate signed by the personal representative's attorney, 
stating:
		(1)  the name and address of each beneficiary to whom 
the personal representative gave the notice and, with respect to 
each beneficiary described by Subsection (c) of this section:
			(A)  the name and address of the beneficiary for 
whom the personal representative gave the notice or, if a 
beneficiary is a charitable beneficiary or class of charitable 
beneficiaries described by Subsection (c)(4) of this section, a 
description of the beneficiary or class of beneficiaries; and
			(B)  the name and address of the person to whom the 
personal representative gave the notice;
	(7)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of proposed Section 
128A(f), Texas Probate Code (page 4, line 1), between "section." 
and "[If the address]", insert the following:
	(g)  The affidavit or certificate required by Subsection (f) 
of this section may be included with any pleading or other document 
filed with the clerk of the court, including the inventory, 
appraisement, and list of claims or an application for an extension 
of the deadline to file the inventory, appraisement, and list of 
claims, provided that the pleading or other document with which the 
affidavit or certificate is included is filed not later than the 
date the affidavit or certificate is required to be filed as 
provided by Subsection (f) of this section.
	(8)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 149C(a)(4), 
Texas Probate Code (page 5, line 17), strike "the affidavit" and 
substitute "the affidavit or certificate".
	(9)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 222(b)(7), 
Texas Probate Code (page 7, line 1), strike "the affidavit" and 
substitute "the affidavit or certificate".