By Kolkhorst, Haggerty, Davis of Dallas, H.B. No. 1962 Keel, Crabb 77R2561 JRD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to showing the cause of death on the death certificate of 1-3 an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who is 1-4 lawfully executed. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 193.005, Health and Safety Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: 1-8 (j) The death certificate of a decedent who was an inmate of 1-9 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the time of death and 1-10 who was lawfully executed shall classify the death as a death 1-11 caused by legal execution. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-17 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 1-18 Amend H.B. No. 1962 on page 1, line 11, by striking "legal" 1-19 and substituting "judicial". 1-20 77R11100 JRD-F Gray