1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to probate; modifying composition of augmented estate;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 524.2-203.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 524.2-203, is amended to read:
1.6 	524.2-203 COMPOSITION OF THE AUGMENTED ESTATE.
1.7 	Subject to section 524.2-208, the value of the augmented estate, to the extent 
1.8 	provided in sections 524.2-204, 524.2-205, 524.2-206, and 524.2-207, consists of the 
1.9 	sum of the values of all property, whether real or personal, movable or immovable, 
1.10 	tangible or intangible, wherever situated,and whether or not bound by contracts previous 
1.11 	to the decedent's death, that constitute the decedent's net probate estate, the decedent's 
1.12 	nonprobate transfers to others, the decedent's nonprobate transfers to the surviving spouse, 
1.13 	and the surviving spouse's property and nonprobate transfers to others.