HBA-GUM, RBT H.B. 3775 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3775
By: Olivo
Criminal Jurisprudence
7/27/1999
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Prior to the 76th Texas Legislature, a justice of the peace had the
authority to order certain people to take a blood sample of a deceased
person who had been in a motor vehicle accident.  H.B. 3775 adds a
paramedic to that list. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, to include
a paramedic among those persons a justice of the peace may authorize to
take a specimen of blood from the body of a person who died as the result
of a motor vehicle accident. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.