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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of the office of the medical examiner |
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in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1. OFFICE AUTHORIZED. Subject to the provisions of |
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this article, the commissioners court of any county having a |
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population of more than one [two] million shall establish and |
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maintain the office of medical examiner, and the commissioners |
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court of any county may establish and provide for the maintenance of |
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the office of medical examiner. Population shall be according to |
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the last preceding federal census. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1-a(a), Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners courts of two or more counties may |
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enter into an agreement to create a medical examiners district and |
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to jointly operate and maintain the office of medical examiner of |
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the district. The district must include the entire area of all |
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counties involved. The counties within the district must, when |
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taken together, form a continuous area. This subsection does not |
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establish any minimum population requirement for a multi-county |
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district created under this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |