| 1 | 1 | | 86R10252 AAF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2036 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the issuance of permits for the analysis of human |
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| 8 | 8 | | remains recovered on state archeological landmarks. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 191.054, Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) The committee may issue a permit to a person described |
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| 13 | 13 | | by Subsection (a) for analysis, including genetic analysis, of |
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| 14 | 14 | | human remains at, in, or on a landmark if it is the opinion of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | committee that the permit is in the best interest of the State of |
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| 16 | 16 | | Texas. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 191.131(b), Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) No person, firm, or corporation may conduct an operation |
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| 20 | 20 | | on any landmark, including the analysis of human remains, without |
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| 21 | 21 | | first obtaining a permit and having the permit in the person's, |
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| 22 | 22 | | firm's, [his] or corporation's [its] possession at the site of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | operation, or conduct the operation in violation of the provisions |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the permit. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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