85R30350 CLG-F     By: Perry S.B. No. 1056     (Murr)     Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1056:  No.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the transfer of certain probate proceedings to the   county in which the executor or administrator of a decedent's   estate resides.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 33, Estates Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.1011 to read as follows:          Sec. 33.1011.  TRANSFER TO COUNTY IN WHICH EXECUTOR OR   ADMINISTRATOR RESIDES. (a)  In this section, "immediate family   member" means the parent, spouse, child, or sibling of a person.          (b)  After the issuance in a probate proceeding of letters   testamentary or of administration to the executor or administrator   of an estate, the court, on motion of the executor or administrator,   may order that the proceeding be transferred to another county in   this state in which the executor or administrator resides if no   immediate family member of the decedent resides in the same county   in which the decedent resided.          (c)  The clerk of the court from which the probate proceeding   described by Subsection (b) is transferred shall transmit to the   court to which the proceeding is transferred:                (1)  the original file in the proceeding; and                (2)  a certified copy of the index.          (d)  Notwithstanding the date of any transfer under this   section, the executor or administrator shall provide the notice   required by Section 308.051 in the county of the court that   originally issued the letters testamentary or of administration.          SECTION 2.  Section 33.1011, Estates Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to the estate of a decedent who dies on or after   the effective date of this Act. The estate of a decedent who dies   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date of the decedent's death, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.