80R10915 MTB-F
 
  By: Naishtat H.B. No. 1709
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to bonds required of guardians and other personal
representatives.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Sections 205 and 206, Texas Probate Code, are
amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 205.  JUDGE TO REQUIRE NEW BOND.  When it shall be known
to him that any such bond is in any respect insufficient or that it
has, together with the record thereof, been lost or destroyed, the
judge shall:
             (1)  without delay and without notice enter an order
requiring the representative to give a new bond; or
             (2)  without delay cause the representative to be cited
to show cause why he should not give a new bond.
       Sec. 206.  ORDER REQUIRING NEW BOND. (a)  The order entered
under Section 205(1) of this code must state the reasons for
requiring a new bond, the amount of the new bond, and the time
within which the new bond must be given, which may not be earlier
than the 10th day after the date of the order.  If the personal
representative opposes the order, the personal representative may
demand a hearing on the order. The hearing must be held before the
expiration of the time within which the new bond must be given.
       (b)  Upon the return of a citation ordering a personal
representative to show cause why he should not give a new bond, the
judge shall, on the day named therein for the hearing of the matter,
proceed to inquire into the sufficiency of the reasons for
requiring a new bond; and, if satisfied that a new bond should be
required, he shall enter an order to that effect, stating in such
order the amount of such new bond, and the time within which it
shall be given, which shall not be later than twenty days from the
date of such order.
       SECTION 2.  Sections 713 and 714, Texas Probate Code, are
amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 713.  JUDGE TO REQUIRE NEW BOND.  When it is made known
to a judge that a bond is insufficient or that the bond has, with the
record of the bond, been lost or destroyed, the judge [without
delay] shall:
             (1)  without delay and without notice enter an order
requiring the guardian to give a new bond; or
             (2)  without delay cause the guardian to be cited to
show cause why the guardian should not give a new bond.
       Sec. 714.  ORDER REQUIRING NEW BOND. (a)  The order entered
under Section 713(1) of this code must state the reasons for
requiring a new bond, the amount of the new bond, and the time
within which the new bond must be given, which may not be earlier
than the 10th day after the date of the order.  If the guardian
opposes the order, the guardian may demand a hearing on the order.
The hearing must be held before the expiration of the time within
which the new bond must be given.
       (b)  On the return of a citation ordering a guardian to show
cause why the guardian should not give a new bond, the judge on the
day contained in the return of citation as the day for the hearing
of the matter, shall proceed to inquire into the sufficiency of the
reasons for requiring a new bond. If the judge is satisfied that a
new bond should be required, the judge shall enter an order to that
effect that states the amount of the new bond and the time within
which the new bond shall be given, which may not be later than 20
days from the date of the order issued by the judge under this
subsection [section].
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.