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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 23, 2021
TO:
Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB156 by Perry (Relating to the transfer of certain probate proceedings to the county in which the executor or administrator of a decedent's estate resides.), As Engrossed
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Estates Code to allow for the transfer of the administration of an estate to a county where the executor or administrator of the estate resides, if no immediate family member of the decedent resides in the county where estate administration was initially filed. The bill would take effect September 1, 2021.
The Office of Court Administration anticipates no significant fiscal impact to the state court system as a result of the bill.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.