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AN ACT
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relating to forms for creating or revoking a transfer on death deed. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.020(a), Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: |
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(3) "Transfer on death deed" has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 114.002, Estates Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 22.020(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The supreme court shall, as the court considers |
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appropriate, promulgate: |
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(1) forms for use by individuals representing |
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themselves in certain probate matters, including forms for use in: |
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(A) a small estate affidavit proceeding under |
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Chapter 205, Estates Code; and |
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(B) the probate of a will as a muniment of title |
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under Chapter 257, Estates Code; |
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(2) a simple will form for: |
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(A) a married individual with an adult child; |
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(B) a married individual with a minor child; |
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(C) a married individual with no children; |
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(D) an unmarried individual with an adult child; |
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(E) an unmarried individual with a minor child; |
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and |
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(F) an unmarried individual with no children; |
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(2-a) a form for use to create a transfer on death deed |
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and a form for use to create an instrument of revocation of a |
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transfer on death deed under Chapter 114, Estates Code; and |
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(3) instructions for the proper use of each form or set |
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of forms. |
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SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Estates Code are |
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repealed: |
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(1) Section 114.002(b); and |
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(2) Subchapter D, Chapter 114. |
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SECTION 4. The repeal of Subchapter D, Chapter 114, Estates |
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Code, by this Act does not affect the validity of a transfer on |
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death deed or a cancellation of a transfer on death deed executed |
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before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 874 passed the Senate on |
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April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 874 passed the House on |
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May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, |
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two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |