Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB530 Latest Draft

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                            S.B. No. 530


 AN ACT
 relating to the disposition of cash in possession of a deceased
 pauper.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1. Section 694.002, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
 (c)  If a county discovers cash in the possession of a
 deceased pauper, a county may use the cash to pay the actual costs
 incurred by the county in disposing of the pauper's body.
 (d)  If any cash remains after the county has paid the costs
 of disposing of the body under Subsection (c), the county shall
 place the cash in trust. A person having a claim to the money in
 trust must exercise the right to collect the money not later than
 the first anniversary of the date of disposition of the pauper's
 body.
 (e)  A county may create a fund to be used by the county to
 pay the costs incurred in disposing of the bodies of deceased
 paupers and administering the county's body disposition
 activities. If money placed in a trust under Subsection (d) is not
 claimed by the first anniversary of the date of disposition of the
 pauper's body, the county may transfer the money to the fund created
 under this subsection.
 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the Senate on
 March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the House on
 May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, one
 present not voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved:
 ______________________________
 Date
 ______________________________
 Governor