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Amend CSSB 623 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 716.101, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 716.101. UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), a [A] crematory establishment may not
accept for cremation unidentified human remains.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
crematory establishment may accept for cremation unidentified
human remains from a county on the order of:
(1) the county commissioners court; or
(2) a court located in the county.