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H.B. No. 93
AN ACT
relating to showing the manner of death on the death certificate of
an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who is
lawfully executed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 193.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The death certificate of a decedent who was an inmate of
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the time of death and
who was lawfully executed shall classify the manner of death as
death caused by judicially ordered execution.
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, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 93 was passed by the House on March
29, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 93 on May 23, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 93 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor