H.B. No. 74

	AN ACT
	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.
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	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; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 74 on April 26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 74 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on April 21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31,
	Nays 0
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	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor