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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of permits for the analysis of human |
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remains recovered on state archeological landmarks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.054, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The committee may issue a permit to a person described |
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by Subsection (a) for analysis, including genetic analysis, of |
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human remains at, in, or on a landmark if it is the opinion of the |
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committee that the permit is in the best interest of the State of |
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Texas. |
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SECTION 2. Section 191.131(b), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) No person, firm, or corporation may conduct an operation |
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on any landmark, including the analysis of human remains, without |
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first obtaining a permit and having the permit in the person's, |
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firm's, [his] or corporation's [its] possession at the site of the |
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operation, or conduct the operation in violation of the provisions |
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of the permit. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |