Amend CSHB 1077 as follows:                                                  

(1)  On page 1, line 6, strike "Subsection (j)" and 	substitute "Subsections (j), (k), and (l)".
	(2)  On page 1, line 19, between "subsection" and the comma, 
insert "or Subsection (k)".
	(3)  On page 1, line 23, strike "necessitating" and 
substitute "described by Subsection (l) that necessitates".
	(4)  On page 1, line 24, strike "such as a circumstance in".            
	(5)  On page 2, strike line 1 and substitute "the".                     
	(6)  On page 2, line 7, between "(a)-(d)" and "do", insert 
"and (k)". 
	(7)  On page 3, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:                   
	(k)  In an emergency circumstance described by Subsection 
(l) that necessitates immediate removal of remains before the date 
on which the court is required to hear an application for permission 
to remove remains under Subsection (d), a cemetery organization may 
remove remains from a plot in the cemetery and transfer the remains 
to another plot in the same cemetery without the court hearing. A 
cemetery association that removes remains under this subsection 
shall send written notice of the removal by certified mail, return 
receipt requested, to the last known address of the person 
designated under Subsection (a) not later than the fifth day after 
the date the remains are removed.  The notice must indicate that the 
remains were removed, the reason for the removal of the remains, and 
the location of the reinterment of the remains.
	(l)  For purposes of Subsections (d) and (k), "emergency 
circumstance" means:
		(1)  a natural disaster; or                                            
		(2)  an error in the interment of remains.