1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the performance of an autopsy on an individual injured
 1-3     in one county and dying in another county.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article 49.10, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
 1-7           (o)  If a person is injured in one county and dies as a
 1-8     result of those injuries, with the death occurring in another
 1-9     county, the attorney representing the state in the prosecution of
1-10     felonies in the county in which the injury occurred may request a
1-11     justice of the peace in the county in which the death occurred to
1-12     order an autopsy be performed on the body of the deceased person.
1-13     If the justice of the peace orders that the autopsy be performed,
1-14     the county in which the injury occurred shall reimburse the county
1-15     in which the death occurred.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 370 passed the Senate on
         March 1, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0, one
         present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 370 passed the House on
         May 8, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present,
         not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
         _______________________________
                    Governor