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| 1 | 1 | By: Elkins H.B. No. 4370 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the authority of Harris County probate judges to sign | |
| 7 | 7 | orders and act on each other's behalf in the event of their absence, | |
| 8 | 8 | disqualification, or incapacity. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 15.1034, Texas Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (n) A Harris County statutory probate judge may sit and act | |
| 13 | 13 | on behalf of any other Harris County statutory probate judge who is | |
| 14 | 14 | unavailable to serve due to absence, disqualification, incapacity, | |
| 15 | 15 | or for any other reason, in any Harris County probate court | |
| 16 | 16 | courtroom, in any matter or proceeding pending in any Harris County | |
| 17 | 17 | statutory probate court. A Harris County statutory probate court | |
| 18 | 18 | judge may sign any orders in any matter or proceeding that the judge | |
| 19 | 19 | of any other Harris County statutory probate court may sign. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |