89R788 KFF-D     By: Perry S.B. No. 302       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the payment of certain costs associated with certain   assignments of a statutory probate court judge.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Estates Code, is   amended by adding Section 352.054 to read as follows:          Sec. 352.054.  REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN COSTS FOR ASSIGNED   JUDGE. A statutory probate court judge assigned to hear a contested   matter on the motion under Section 32.003 of a party to the   proceeding shall, to the extent possible, order the estate to   reimburse a county for any amounts the county paid as compensation   and expenses in accordance with Section 25.0022(o-1), Government   Code.          SECTION 2.  Section 25.0022, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (o-1) and amending Subsection (p) to read as   follows:          (o-1)  If a party to a probate proceeding files a motion for   the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear a   contested matter in the proceeding under Section 32.003, Estates   Code, and the motion is granted, the assigned statutory probate   court judge shall:                (1)  to the extent possible, order that the county be   reimbursed for any amounts the county paid as compensation and   expenses under Subsections (o) and (p) from the estate under   Section 352.054, Estates Code, and from the parties to the   proceeding; and                (2)  prescribe the amount and manner by which the   compensation and expenses described by Subdivision (1) are to be   equitably apportioned among the estate and parties, as applicable.          (p)  In addition to all compensation and expenses authorized   by this section and other law, a judge who is assigned to a court   outside the county of the judge's residence is entitled to receive   $25 for each day or fraction of a day served. Subject to Subsection   (o-1), the [The] county in which the judge served shall pay the   additional compensation from the county's general fund on   certification by the presiding judge.          SECTION 3.  Section 25.0022, Government Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to a motion for the assignment of a statutory   probate court judge under Section 32.003, Estates Code, that is   filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A motion filed   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the motion was filed, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.