Bill Text: TX HB2036 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of permits for the analysis of human remains recovered on state archeological landmarks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB2036 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2036-Introduced.html
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By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2036 |
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relating to the issuance of permits for the analysis of human | ||
remains recovered on state archeological landmarks. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 191.054, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The committee may issue a permit to a person described | ||
by Subsection (a) for analysis, including genetic analysis, of | ||
human remains at, in, or on a landmark if it is the opinion of the | ||
committee that the permit is in the best interest of the State of | ||
Texas. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 191.131(b), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) No person, firm, or corporation may conduct an operation | ||
on any landmark, including the analysis of human remains, without | ||
first obtaining a permit and having the permit in the person's, | ||
firm's, [ |
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operation, or conduct the operation in violation of the provisions | ||
of the permit. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |