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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 medical examiner in |
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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 REQUIRED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AND AUTHORIZED |
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IN OTHER COUNTIES. Subject to the provisions of this article, the |
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commissioners court of any county with [having] a population of |
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more than one [2.5] million shall establish and maintain the office |
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of medical examiner, and the commissioners court of any county with |
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a population of less than one million may establish and provide for |
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the maintenance of the office of medical examiner. Population |
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shall be according to 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, |
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regardless of population size, may enter into an agreement to |
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create a medical examiners district and to jointly operate and |
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maintain the office of medical examiner of the district. The |
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district must include the entire area of all counties |
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involved. The counties within the district must, when taken |
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together, form a continuous area. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |