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Amend CSSB 1709 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, lines 25-26), and substitute the following:
Section 1151.056, Estates Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (g) and adding Subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows:
(2) Immediately following amended Section 1151.056(g), Estates Code (page 1, between lines 50 and 51), insert the following:
(h) A guardian, as soon as possible but not later than September 1, 2019, shall provide notice to a relative of the ward described under Sections 1101.001(b)(13)(A)-(D) whose whereabouts are known or can reasonably be ascertained that the relative must elect in writing in order to receive notice about the ward under this section. This subsection applies only to a guardianship:
(1) created on or before the effective date of this subsection; or
(2) created after the effective date of this subsection if the application for the guardianship was pending on the effective date of this subsection.
(i) This subsection and Subsection (h) expire January 1, 2020.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
SECTION ____. Section 1051.103, Estates Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A citation served as provided by Subsection (a) to a relative of the proposed ward described by Subsection (a)(2) or (4) must contain a statement notifying the relative that, if a guardianship is created for the proposed ward, the relative must elect in writing in order to receive notice about the ward under Section 1151.056.
SECTION ____. Section 1051.104, Estates Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notice required by Subsection (a) to a relative of the proposed ward described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) must contain a statement notifying the relative that, if a guardianship is created for the proposed ward, the relative must elect in writing in order to receive notice about the ward under Section 1151.056.