HBA-SEP H.B. 537 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 537
By: Thompson
Judicial Affairs
6/14/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Texas law authorizes a judge of a statutory probate court to transfer a
case over which the court lost jurisdiction to a court located in the same
county as the probate court, but did not provide for the situation in which
a judge wished to transfer a case to the county from which the case
originated.  House Bill 537 authorizes a judge of a statutory probate court
that no longer has jurisdiction over a pending cause of action appertaining
to or incident to an estate to transfer the cause of action to the
originating court.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 537 amends the Government Code to authorize a judge of a
statutory probate court that no longer has jurisdiction over a pending
cause of action appertaining to or incident to an estate to transfer the
cause of action to the originating court.    

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.