The
76th Texas Legislature
The 76th Texas Legislature began
January 12, 1999, and ended May 31, 1999. To have legislative updates emailed to
you, join the Texas Probate email mailing list
(probate@io.com). For now, here are the available links:
 Session Wrap-Up Page -- A quick list of the bills
that passed, with links to full-text of bills and bill histories; links to Glenn Karisch's
"Texas Legislative Update -- 1999," summarizing the session, "1999 Changes
to the Texas Probate Code," with the full text of each section of the Probate Code
amended this session, new and modified statutory forms, and more.
Master Bill Tracking Page --
This is the best jumping off point for tracking probate- and trust-related legislation
during the session. It contains the master list of tracked bills, links to the
search and full-text features of Texas Legislature Online, and more |
- Draft Report of the Joint Committee on Statutory Probate
Court Jurisdiction -- H.B. 3086, enacted in 1997, required the
creation of a joint house/senate committee to study probate courts and their
jurisdiction. The committee has met and has issued a draft of its report. This
is the draft report, not the final report. >>> Click
here to download a copy of the draft report in WordPerfect format
- Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section Proposed 1999
Legislation -- Each session, the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law
Section of the State Bar of Texas proposes legislative changes affecting the probate code,
the trust code and other statutes of interest to probate lawyers. See what the
Section has in mind this time around. >>> Click here to
download a copy of the proposed legislation in WordPerfect format
- Statutory Probate Judges' Response to REPTL's Proposed
1999 Legislation -- Judge Guy Herman, Presiding Statutory Probate
Judge, wrote this letter about an earlier draft of REPTL's proposed 1999 legislation.
>>> Click here to download a copy of Judge Herman's
letter in WordPerfect format.
- Are
the Winds of Change Blowing for Texas Probate Courts? Or . . . 5B, Or Not 5B, That is the
Question -- A discussion of
the special legislative study committee on the probate court system written prior to
the issuance of the draft report (see above) >>> Click here to download a copy of the above paper in
WordPerfect format
- Link to the revised Uniform Principal and Income
Act as finally adopted by the
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (April 20, 1998). Will we see
an effort to adopt the new uniform act in Texas?
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