| 1 | 1 | | By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 1830 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Jurisprudence; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the method of delivery of certain notices sent by |
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| 11 | 11 | | statutory probate court associate judges. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Sections 54.614(c) and (d), Government Code, are |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) Notice may be given to the parties: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) in open court, by an oral statement or a copy of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the associate judge's written report; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) by certified mail, return receipt requested; [or] |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) by facsimile transmission; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) by electronic mail. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (d) There is a rebuttable presumption that notice is |
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| 22 | 22 | | received on the date stated on: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) the signed return receipt, if notice was provided |
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| 24 | 24 | | by certified mail; [or] |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) the confirmation page produced by the facsimile |
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| 26 | 26 | | machine, if notice was provided by facsimile transmission; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) a printout evidencing submission of the electronic |
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| 28 | 28 | | mail message, if notice was provided by electronic mail. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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