88R12008 EAS-F     By: Perry S.B. No. 1331       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a motion for the assignment of a statutory probate court   judge to hear a contested matter in a probate proceeding in certain   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32.003, Estates Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  A party to a probate proceeding may not file a motion   for the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear a   contested matter in the proceeding before the 10th day after the   date a party has notified the judge of the county court of the   contested matter.          SECTION 2.  Section 32.003(c), Estates Code, is repealed.          SECTION 3.  Section 32.003, Estates Code, as amended by this   Act, applies only to an action filed or other proceeding commenced   on or after the effective date of this Act.  An action filed or other   proceeding commenced before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the action was filed or the   proceeding was commenced, and the former law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.