Bill Text: TX HB1297 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to service of process on institutions and organizations in certain probate proceedings.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1297 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1297-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1297 |
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relating to service of process on institutions and organizations in | ||
certain probate proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 55.053, Estates Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 55.053. SERVICE OF PROCESS. (a) For a will contest, | ||
the party contesting the will [ |
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institution or organization that is a necessary party to the | ||
contest under Section 55.052 in the manner provided by this title | ||
for service on other parties. | ||
(b) For a will construction suit, the party bringing the | ||
suit shall serve an institution or organization that is a necessary | ||
party to the suit under Section 55.052 in the manner provided by | ||
this title for service on other parties. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 55.053, Estates Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies only to a will contest or will construction suit that | ||
is instituted on or after the effective date of this Act. A will | ||
contest or will construction suit that was instituted before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the contest or suit was instituted, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1297 was passed by the House on April | ||
9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1297 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |