81R889 CLG-D
By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 2417
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of charitable trust for purposes of
court jurisdiction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5(e), Texas Probate Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) A statutory probate court has concurrent jurisdiction
with the district court in all personal injury, survival, or
wrongful death actions by or against a person in the person's
capacity as a personal representative, in all actions by or against
a trustee, in all actions involving an inter vivos trust,
testamentary trust, or charitable trust, and in all actions
involving a personal representative of an estate in which each
other party aligned with the personal representative is not an
interested person in that estate. For purposes of this section,
"charitable trust" includes a charitable trust as defined by
Section 123.001, Property Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.