82R844 ALB-D
By: Van de Putte, Birdwell S.B. No. 99
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to persons authorized to control the disposition of the
remains of certain members of the United States armed forces.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 711.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a written
instrument includes a United States Department of Defense Record of
Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or a successor form, in effect at the
time of death for a decedent who died in a manner described by 10
U.S.C. Sections 1481(a)(1) through (8). Notwithstanding
Subsections (b) and (c), the form is legally sufficient under
Subsection (a)(1) if it is properly completed, signed by the
decedent, and witnessed in the manner required by the form. To the
extent the form conflicts with another written instrument described
by Subsection (a)(1), DD Form 93, or a successor form, controls.
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, 2011.