By: LaMantia  S.B. No. 760
         (In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2023; March 1, 2023, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
  Nays 0; April 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased
  person during an inquest.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (j)  A justice of the peace may order a physician, qualified
  technician, paramedic, chemist, registered professional nurse, or
  licensed vocational nurse to take a specimen of blood from the body
  of a person:
               (1)  who died as the result of a motor vehicle accident
  if the justice determines that circumstances indicate that the
  person may have been driving while intoxicated; or
               (2)  to aid in the confirmation or determination of the
  cause and manner of death while conducting an inquest.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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