By: Hinojosa  S.B. No. 571
         (In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2009; February 23, 2009,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
  Services; March 30, 2009, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 30, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a crematory establishment's authority to accept for
  cremation unidentified human remains.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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.
         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, 2009.
 
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