Bill Text: TX HB1642 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to inquests a justice of the peace conducts by videoconference in certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB1642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1642-Introduced.html
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By: Vasut | H.B. No. 1642 |
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relating to inquests a justice of the peace conducts by | ||
videoconference in certain circumstances. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 49.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A justice of the peace may conduct an inquest: | ||
(1) at the place where the death occurred; | ||
(2) where the body was found; [ |
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(3) by videoconference with an individual who is | ||
present with the body for a death described by Article 49.04(a)(6); | ||
or | ||
(4) at any other place determined to be reasonable by | ||
the justice. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |