| 1 | 1 | | 89R13986 LRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: AnchÃa H.B. No. 5131 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in |
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| 10 | 10 | | certain counties. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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| 13 | 13 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 1. OFFICE REQUIRED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AND AUTHORIZED |
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| 15 | 15 | | IN OTHER COUNTIES. Subject to the provisions of this article, the |
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| 16 | 16 | | commissioners court of any county with [having] a population of |
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| 17 | 17 | | more than one [2.5] million shall establish and maintain the office |
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| 18 | 18 | | of medical examiner, and the commissioners court of any county with |
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| 19 | 19 | | a population of less than one million may establish and provide for |
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| 20 | 20 | | the maintenance of the office of medical examiner. Population |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall be according to the last preceding federal census. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 1-a(a), Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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| 23 | 23 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) The commissioners courts of two or more counties, |
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| 25 | 25 | | regardless of population size, may enter into an agreement to |
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| 26 | 26 | | create a medical examiners district and to jointly operate and |
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| 27 | 27 | | maintain the office of medical examiner of the district. The |
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| 28 | 28 | | district must include the entire area of all counties |
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| 29 | 29 | | involved. The counties within the district must, when taken |
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| 30 | 30 | | together, form a continuous area. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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