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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notification of voter registrar by probate court clerk |
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of recent deaths. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.001(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Each month the clerk of each court having probate |
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jurisdiction shall prepare an abstract of each application for |
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probate of a will, [or] administration of a decedent's estate, or |
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determination of heirship, each affidavit under Section 137, Texas |
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Probate Code, and each other proceeding or document filed with the |
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court under its probate jurisdiction that is filed in the month with |
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a court served by the clerk. The clerk shall file each abstract |
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with the voter registrar not later than the 10th day of the month |
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following the month in which the abstract is prepared. |
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SECTION 2. Section 16.001(b), Election Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to the filing of an abstract under that section |
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that is due on or after October 10, 2007. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |