Bill Text: TX SB874 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to forms for creating or revoking a transfer on death deed.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB874 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB874-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 874 |
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relating to forms for creating or revoking a transfer on death deed. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.020(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Transfer on death deed" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 114.002, Estates Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 22.020(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The supreme court shall, as the court considers | ||
appropriate, promulgate: | ||
(1) forms for use by individuals representing | ||
themselves in certain probate matters, including forms for use in: | ||
(A) a small estate affidavit proceeding under | ||
Chapter 205, Estates Code; and | ||
(B) the probate of a will as a muniment of title | ||
under Chapter 257, Estates Code; | ||
(2) a simple will form for: | ||
(A) a married individual with an adult child; | ||
(B) a married individual with a minor child; | ||
(C) a married individual with no children; | ||
(D) an unmarried individual with an adult child; | ||
(E) an unmarried individual with a minor child; | ||
and | ||
(F) an unmarried individual with no children; | ||
(2-a) a form for use to create a transfer on death deed | ||
and a form for use to create an instrument of revocation of a | ||
transfer on death deed under Chapter 114, Estates Code; and | ||
(3) instructions for the proper use of each form or set | ||
of forms. | ||
SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Estates Code are | ||
repealed: | ||
(1) Section 114.002(b); and | ||
(2) Subchapter D, Chapter 114. | ||
SECTION 4. The repeal of Subchapter D, Chapter 114, Estates | ||
Code, by this Act does not affect the validity of a transfer on | ||
death deed or a cancellation of a transfer on death deed executed | ||
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 874 passed the Senate on | ||
April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 874 passed the House on | ||
May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, | ||
two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |