88R12008 EAS-F
 
  By: Perry S.B. No. 1331
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a motion for the assignment of a statutory probate court
  judge to hear a contested matter in a probate proceeding in certain
  counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.003, Estates Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A party to a probate proceeding may not file a motion
  for the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear a
  contested matter in the proceeding before the 10th day after the
  date a party has notified the judge of the county court of the
  contested matter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 32.003(c), Estates Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  Section 32.003, Estates Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to an action filed or other proceeding commenced
  on or after the effective date of this Act.  An action filed or other
  proceeding commenced before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the action was filed or the
  proceeding was commenced, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.