Bill Text: TX HB74 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to persons authorized to control the disposition of the remains of certain members of the United States armed forces.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-20 - Effective immediately [HB74 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB74-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 74 | ||
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| relating to persons authorized to control the disposition of the | ||
| remains of certain members of the United States armed forces. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 711.002, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) If a United States Department of Defense Record of | ||
| Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or a successor form, was in effect at | ||
| the time of death for a decedent who died in a manner described by 10 | ||
| U.S.C. Sections 1481(a)(1) through (8), the DD Form 93 controls | ||
| over any other written instrument described by Subsection (a)(1) or | ||
| (g) with respect to designating a person to control the disposition | ||
| of the decedent's remains. Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), | ||
| the form is legally sufficient if it is properly completed, signed | ||
| by the decedent, and witnessed in the manner required by the form. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 74 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 30, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 74 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
| 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
