By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 571
(In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2009; February 23, 2009,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
Services; March 30, 2009, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 30, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a crematory establishment's authority to accept for
cremation unidentified human remains.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 716.101, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 716.101. UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), a [A] crematory establishment may not
accept for cremation unidentified human remains.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
crematory establishment may accept for cremation unidentified
human remains from a county on the order of:
(1) the county commissioners court; or
(2) a court located in the county.
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.
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