HBA-RBT C.S.H.B. 3775 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3775
By: Olivo
Criminal Jurisprudence
4/29/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a justice of the peace has the authority to order certain people
to take a blood sample of a deceased person who has been in a motor vehicle
accident.  C.S.H.B. 3775 adds a certified paramedic to that list. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Article 49.10(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, to include
a certified paramedic among those a justice of the peace may authorize to
take a specimen of blood from the body of a person who died as the result
of a motor vehicle accident. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute differs from the original in SECTION 1 by qualifying that a
paramedic be certified for a justice of the peace to authorize to order to
take a blood specimen under certain circumstances.