| 1 | 1 | | 88R13637 MPF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Oliverson H.B. No. 3895 |
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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 establishment of the office of the medical examiner |
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| 8 | 8 | | in certain counties. |
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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 1, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 1. OFFICE AUTHORIZED. Subject to the provisions of |
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| 13 | 13 | | this article, the commissioners court of any county having a |
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| 14 | 14 | | population of more than one [two] million shall establish and |
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| 15 | 15 | | maintain the office of medical examiner, and the commissioners |
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| 16 | 16 | | court of any county may establish and provide for the maintenance of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the office of medical examiner. Population shall be according to |
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| 18 | 18 | | the last preceding federal census. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 1-a(a), Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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| 20 | 20 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) The commissioners courts of two or more counties may |
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| 22 | 22 | | enter into an agreement to create a medical examiners district and |
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| 23 | 23 | | to jointly operate and maintain the office of medical examiner of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the district. The district must include the entire area of all |
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| 25 | 25 | | counties involved. The counties within the district must, when |
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| 26 | 26 | | taken together, form a continuous area. This subsection does not |
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| 27 | 27 | | establish any minimum population requirement for a multi-county |
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| 28 | 28 | | district created under this section. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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