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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to persons authorized to control the disposition of the |
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remains of certain members of the United States armed forces. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 711.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a written |
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instrument includes a United States Department of Defense Record of |
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Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or a successor form, in effect at the |
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time of death for a decedent who died in a manner described by 10 |
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U.S.C. Sections 1481(a)(1) through (8). Notwithstanding |
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Subsections (b) and (c), the form is legally sufficient under |
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Subsection (a)(1) if it is properly completed, signed by the |
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decedent, and witnessed in the manner required by the form. To the |
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extent the form conflicts with another written instrument described |
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by Subsection (a)(1), DD Form 93, or a successor form, controls. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |