By:  Whitmire                                                     S.B. No. 1469
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
April 22, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, 
Nays 0; April 22, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to reporting the deaths of certain individuals.                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 49.24, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  For the purposes of this article, the definition of 
"institution" excludes hospitals.
	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, 2005.



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