H.B. No. 1296
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of certain notices in guardianship
  proceedings.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1023.004, Estates Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  If an application is filed by a person other than the
  guardian [or if a court made a motion to transfer a guardianship],
  the guardian shall be cited by personal service to appear and show
  cause why the guardianship should not be transferred.
         (c)  If a court made a motion to transfer a guardianship, the
  guardian shall be given notice by certified mail to appear and show
  cause why the guardianship should not be transferred.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1203.052(b), Estates Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  In addition to the authority granted to the court under
  Subsection (a), the court may, on the complaint of the guardianship
  certification program of the Judicial Branch Certification
  Commission, remove a guardian who would be ineligible for
  appointment under Subchapter H, Chapter 1104, because of the
  guardian's failure to maintain the certification required under
  Subchapter F, Chapter 1104.  The guardian shall be given notice, by
  certified mail, return receipt requested, [cited] to appear and
  contest the request for removal under this subsection at a time and
  place set in the notice [in the manner provided by Subsection (a)].
         SECTION 3.  Sections 1023.004 and 1203.052(b), Estates Code,
  as amended by this Act, apply to a guardianship proceeding
  commenced on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1296 was passed by the House on April
  9, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1296 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor