SB1839 - Relating to the delivery of records, including a will, in probate proceedings transferred to other courts.

      S.B. No. 1839         AN ACT   relating to the delivery of records, including a will, in probate   proceedings transferred to other courts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 33.105, Estates Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  If a probate proceeding is transferred to a court in   another county under this chapter, the clerk of the transferring   court shall send to the clerk of the court to which the proceeding   is transferred :                 (1)   [ , ] using the electronic filing system established   under Section 72.031, Government Code:                       (A)  [ (1) ]  a transfer certificate and index of   transferred documents;                       (B)  [ (2) ]  a copy of each final order;                       (C)  [ (3) ]  a copy of the order of transfer signed   by the transferring court;                       (D)  [ (4) ]  a copy of the original papers filed in   the transferring court[ , including a copy of any will ];                       (E)  [ (5) ]  a copy of the transfer certificate and   index of transferred documents from each previous transfer; and                       (F)  [ (6) ]  a bill of any costs accrued in the   transferring court ; and                 (2)     by a qualified delivery method, the original will,   or the paper copy of the will offered under Section 256.156 to prove   a will that cannot be produced in court, as applicable .           (a-1)     If applicable, the applicant who requested to   transfer a probate proceeding shall pay the cost of delivery under   Subsection (a)(2).          SECTION 2.  Section 33.105, Estates Code, as amended by this   Act, applies to a proceeding that is pending or commenced on or   after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1839 passed the Senate on   April 16, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1839 passed the House on   May 24, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor