1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to courts; requiring the state court 
  1.3             administrator to prepare a guide to informal probate. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [INFORMAL PROBATE.] 
  1.6      The state court administrator in consultation with the 
  1.7   conference of chief judges shall prepare a guide to the law on 
  1.8   informal probate.  Master copies of the guide shall be 
  1.9   distributed to the court administrators in every county in the 
  1.10  state to be given to members of the public upon request.  The 
  1.11  court administrator may impose a charge for each copy of the 
  1.12  guide equal to the cost of copying it, to be placed in the 
  1.13  county general fund.  In the eighth judicial district, the money 
  1.14  must be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited in the 
  1.15  general fund.  The guide must be prepared and available for 
  1.16  distribution by January 1, 1996. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.18     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.