Amend HB 2080 (house engrossment) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
SECTION ____. Section 1102.003, Estates Code, as effective January 1, 2014, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1102.003. INFORMATION LETTER. (a) An interested person who submits an information letter under Section 1102.002(1) about a person believed to be incapacitated must, to the best of the interested person's knowledge [may]:
(1) state [include] the person's name, address, telephone number, county of residence, and date of birth;
(2) state whether the person's residence is a private residence, health care facility, or other type of residence;
(3) describe the relationship between the person and the interested person submitting the letter;
(4) state [contain] the names and telephone numbers of any known friends and relatives of the person;
(5) state whether a guardian of the person or estate has been appointed in this state for the person;
(6) state whether the person has executed a power of attorney and, if so, the designee's name, address, and telephone number;
(7) describe any property of the person, including the estimated value of that property;
(8) list the amount and source of any monthly income of the person;
(9) describe the nature and degree of the person's alleged incapacity; and
(10) state whether the person is in imminent danger of serious impairment to the person's physical health, safety, or estate.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), if an information letter under that subsection is submitted by an interested person who is a family member of the person believed to be incapacitated, the information letter must:
(1) be signed and sworn to before a notary public by the interested person; or
(2) include a written declaration signed by the interested person under penalty of perjury that the information contained in the information letter is true to the best of the person's knowledge.
(2) On page 27, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following:
(d) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 1102.003, Estates Code, apply to a guardianship proceeding that is commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. A guardianship proceeding commenced before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding was commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(3) Renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.