TO: | Honorable Leticia Van de Putte, Chair, Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3787 by Isett, Carl (Relating to a probate fee exemption for estates of members of the armed forces of the United States who died while serving in a combat zone.), As Engrossed |
The bill would amend the Texas Probate Code to prohibit a county clerk from charging or collecting probate fees from the estate of a decedent who died while in active U.S. military service in a combat zone.
The bill would take effect immediately if it were to receive the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2007.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ES, MN, DB
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