78R6614 JRD-D

By:  Riddle                                                       H.B. No. 2090



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to showing the cause of death on the death certificate of 
an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who is 
lawfully executed.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 193.005, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  The death certificate of a decedent who was an inmate of 
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the time of death and 
who was lawfully executed shall classify the death as a death caused 
by judicial execution.
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.