Texas § GV.25.00251 - PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR
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§ GV.25.00251. PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR
PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR. (a) A statutory probate court judge, with the concurrence of the commissioners court, may appoint a public probate administrator for the county in which the statutory probate court is located. One person shall serve as the public probate administrator for all statutory probate courts in the county unless the commissioners court has authorized additional public probate administrators. (b) If a county has more than one statutory probate court, the presiding judges of all of the statutory probate courts located in the county shall designate, by a majority vote, a specific statutory probate court judge to appoint and administer the office of the public probate administrator in that county. If the statutory probate court judges cannot, by a majority vote, determine which statutory probate court judge shall appoint and administer the office of the public probate administrator in that county, the chief presiding statutory probate court judge shall cast the tiebreaking vote to decide which statutory probate court judge shall appoint and administer the office of the public probate administrator in that county. (c) The public probate administrator may be a person, a charitable organization, or any other suitable entity. (d) The commissioners court shall set the compensation of the public probate administrator. (e) The public probate administrator, with the consent of and at salaries set by the commissioners court, may employ assistants, deputies, clerks, and any other employees as necessary to carry out Chapter 455 , Estates Code. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 671 (H.B. 1755 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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Section GV.25.00251 ("PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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