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TX Code Crim Pro art 46C.268 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 46C - Insanity Defense|Subchapter F. Disposition Following Acquittal By|Article 46C.268. Advance Discharge of Acquitted Person and Termination of Jurisdiction

(a)  An acquitted person, the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed, the person responsible for providing the outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision, or the state may request that the court discharge an acquitted person from inpatient commitment or outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.(b)  Not later than the 14th day after the date of the request, the court shall hold a hearing on a request made by the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed or the person responsible for providing the outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.(c)  If a request is made by an acquitted person, the court must act on the request not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.  A hearing under this subsection is at the discretion of the court, except that the court shall hold a hearing if the request and any accompanying material indicate that modification of the order may be appropriate.(d)  If a request is made by an acquitted person not later than the 90th day after the date of a hearing on a previous request, the court is not required to act on the request except on the expiration of the order or on the expiration of the 90-day period following the date of the hearing on the previous request.(e)  The court shall rule on the request during or shortly after any hearing that is held and in any case not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.(f)  The court shall discharge the acquitted person from all court-ordered commitment and treatment and supervision and terminate the court's jurisdiction over the person if the court finds that the acquitted person has established by a preponderance of the evidence that:(1)  the acquitted person does not have a severe mental illness or mental retardation; or(2)  the acquitted person is not likely to cause serious harm to another because of any severe mental illness or mental retardation.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 831 (S.B. 837), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 46C.269 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 46C - Insanity Defense|Subchapter F. Disposition Following Acquittal By|Article 46C.269. Termination of Court's Jurisdiction

(a)  The jurisdiction of the court over a person covered by this subchapter automatically terminates on the date when the cumulative total period of institutionalization and outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision imposed under this subchapter equals the maximum term of imprisonment provided by law for the offense of which the person was acquitted by reason of insanity.(b)  On the termination of the court's jurisdiction under this article, the person must be discharged from any inpatient treatment or residential care or outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision ordered under this subchapter.(c)  An inpatient or residential care facility to which a person has been committed under this subchapter or a person responsible for administering a regimen of outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision under this subchapter must notify the court not later than the 30th day before the court's jurisdiction over the person ends under this article.(d)  This subchapter does not affect whether a person may be ordered to receive care or treatment under Subtitle C or D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 831 (S.B. 837), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 46C.270 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 46C - Insanity Defense|Subchapter F. Disposition Following Acquittal By|Article 46C.270. Appeals

(a)  An acquitted person may appeal a judgment reflecting an acquittal by reason of insanity on the basis of the following:(1)  a finding that the acquitted person committed the offense; or(2)  a finding that the offense on which the prosecution was based involved conduct that:(A)  caused serious bodily injury to another person;(B)  placed another person in imminent danger of serious bodily injury; or(C)  consisted of a threat of serious bodily injury to another person through the use of a deadly weapon.(b)  Either the acquitted person or the state may appeal from:(1)  an Order of Commitment to Inpatient Treatment or Residential Care entered under Article 46C.256;(2)  an Order to Receive Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision entered under Article 46C.257 or 46C.262;(3)  an order renewing or refusing to renew an Order for Inpatient Commitment or Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision entered under Article 46C.261;(4)  an order modifying or revoking an Order for Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision entered under Article 46C.266 or refusing a request to modify or revoke that order; or(5)  an order discharging an acquitted person under Article 46C.268 or denying a request for discharge of an acquitted person.(c)  An appeal under this subchapter may not be considered moot solely due to the expiration of an order on which the appeal is based.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 831 (S.B. 837), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.01. Definitions

In this article:(1) "Autopsy" means a post mortem examination of the body of a person, including X-rays and an examination of the internal organs and structures after dissection, to determine the cause of death or the nature of any pathological changes that may have contributed to the death.(2) "Inquest" means an investigation into the cause and circumstances of the death of a person, and a determination, made with or without a formal court hearing, as to whether the death was caused by an unlawful act or omission.(3) "Inquest hearing" means a formal court hearing held to determine whether the death of a person was caused by an unlawful act or omission and, if the death was caused by an unlawful act or omission, to obtain evidence to form the basis of a criminal prosecution.(4) "Institution" means any place where health care services are rendered, including a hospital, clinic, health facility, nursing home, extended-care facility, out-patient facility, foster-care facility, and retirement home.(5) "Physician" means a practicing doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine who is licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Subsec. (5) amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 72, Sec. 1, eff. May 9, 1989;  Subsec. (5) amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.737, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.02. Applicability

This subchapter applies to the inquest into a death occurring in a county that does not have a medical examiner's office or that is not part of a medical examiner's district.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.03. Powers and Duties

The powers granted and duties imposed on a justice of the peace under this article are independent of the powers and duties of a law enforcement agency investigating a death.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.041. Reopening an Inquest

A justice of the peace may reopen an inquest if, based on information provided by a credible person or facts within the knowledge of the justice of the peace, the justice of the peace determines that reopening the inquest may reveal a different cause or different circumstances of death.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.05. Time and Place of Inquest; Removal of Property and Body From Place of Death

(a)  A justice of the peace shall conduct an inquest immediately or as soon as practicable after the justice receives notification of the death.(b) A justice of the peace may conduct an inquest:(1) at the place where the death occurred;(2) where the body was found;  or(3) at any other place determined to be reasonable by the justice.(c) A justice of the peace may direct the removal of a body from the scene of death or move any part of the physical surroundings of a body only after a law enforcement agency is notified of the death and a peace officer has conducted an investigation or, if a law enforcement agency has not begun an investigation, a reasonable time has elapsed from the time the law enforcement agency was notified.(d) A law enforcement agency that is notified of a death requiring an inquest under Article 49.04 of this code shall begin its investigation immediately or as soon as practicable after the law enforcement agency receives notification of the death.(e) Except in emergency circumstances, a peace officer or other person conducting a death investigation for a law enforcement agency may not move the body or any part of the physical surroundings of the place of death without authorization from a justice of the peace.(f) A person not authorized by law to move the body of a decedent or any part of the physical surroundings of the body commits an offense if the person tampers with a body that is subject to an inquest under Article 49.04 of this code or any part of the physical surroundings of the body.  An offense under this section is punishable by a fine in an amount not to exceed $500.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.06. Hindering an Inquest

(a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly hinders the entrance of a justice of the peace to a premises where a death occurred or a body is found.(b) An offense under this article is a Class B misdemeanor.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.08 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.08. Information Leading to an Inquest

A justice of the peace conducting an inquest may act on information the justice receives from any credible person or on facts within his knowledge.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.09 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.09. Body Disinterred or Cremated

(a)  If a body or body part subject to investigation under Article 49.04 of this code is interred and an authorized person has not conducted an inquest required under this subchapter, a justice of the peace may direct the disinterment of the body or body part in order to conduct an inquest.(b) A person may not cremate or direct the cremation of a body subject to investigation under Article 49.04 unless the body is identified and the person has received from the justice of the peace a certificate signed by the justice stating that:(1) an autopsy was performed on the body under Article 49.10 of this code;  or(2) no autopsy was necessary.(c) An owner or operator of a crematory shall retain a certificate received under Subsection (b) of this article for a period of 10 years from the date of cremation of the body named on the certificate.(d) A person commits an offense if the person cremates or directs the cremation of a body without obtaining a certificate from a justice of the peace as required by Subsection (b) of this article.  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.(e) If the body of a deceased person is unidentified, a person may not cremate or direct the cremation of the body under this article.  If the body is buried, the justice of the peace shall record and maintain for not less than 10 years all information pertaining to the body and the location of burial.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Subsecs. (b), (d) amended by and Subsec. (e) added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 656, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 826, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.11. Chemical Analysis

(a)  A justice of the peace may obtain a chemical analysis of a sample taken from a body in order to determine whether death was caused, in whole or in part, by the ingestion, injection, or introduction into the body of a poison or other chemical substance.  A justice may obtain a chemical analysis under this article from a chemist, toxicologist, pathologist, or other medical expert.(b) A justice of the peace shall obtain a chemical analysis under Subsection (a) of this article if requested to do so by the physician who performed an autopsy on the body.(c) The commissioners court shall pay a reasonable fee to a person who conducts a chemical analysis at the request of a justice of the peace.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.12 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.12. Liability of Person Performing Autopsy or Test

A person who performs an autopsy or makes a test on a body on the order of a justice of the peace in the good faith belief that the order is valid is not liable for damages if the order is invalid.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.14 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.14. Inquest Hearing

(a)  A justice of the peace conducting an inquest may hold an inquest hearing if the justice determines that the circumstances warrant the hearing.  The justice shall hold an inquest hearing if requested to do so by a district attorney or a criminal district attorney who serves the county in which the body was found.(b) An inquest hearing may be held with or without a jury unless the district attorney or criminal district attorney requests that the hearing be held with a jury.(c) A jury in an inquest hearing is composed of six persons.  Jurors shall be summoned in the same manner as are jurors for county court.  A juror who is properly summoned and fails to appear, other than a juror exempted by law, commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is punishable by a fine not to exceed $100.(d) A justice of the peace may hold a public or a private inquest hearing.  If a person has been arrested and charged with causing the death of the deceased, the defendant and the defendant's counsel are entitled to be present at the inquest hearing, examine witnesses, and introduce evidence.(e) A justice of the peace may issue a subpoena to enforce the attendance of a witness at an inquest hearing and may issue an attachment for a person who is subpoenaed and fails to appear at the time and place cited on the subpoena.(f) A justice of the peace may require bail of a witness to secure the appearance of the witness at an inquest hearing or before a grand jury, examining court, or other court investigating a death.(g) The justice of the peace shall swear witnesses appearing at an inquest hearing.  The justice and an attorney representing the state may examine witnesses at an inquest hearing.  The justice shall direct that all sworn testimony be reduced to writing and the justice shall subscribe the transcription.(h) Only the justice of the peace, a person charged in the death under investigation, the counsel for the person charged, and an attorney representing the state may question a witness at an inquest hearing.(i) A justice of the peace may hold a person who disrupts the proceedings of an inquest hearing in contempt of court.  A person who is found in contempt of court under this subsection may be fined in an amount not to exceed $100 and removed from court by a peace officer.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.15 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.15. Inquest Record

(a)  A justice of the peace or other person authorized under this subchapter to conduct an inquest shall make an inquest record for each inquest he conducts.  The inquest record must include a report of the events, proceedings, findings, and conclusions of the inquest.  The record must also include any autopsy prepared in the case and all other papers of the case.  All papers of the inquest record must be marked with the case number and be clearly indexed and be maintained in the office of the justice of the peace and be made available to the appropriate officials upon request.(b)  As part of the inquest record, the justice of the peace shall make and keep complete and permanent records of all inquest hearings.  The inquest hearing records must include:(1)  the name of the deceased person or, if the person is unidentified, a description of the body;(2)  the time, date, and place where the body was found;(3)  the time, date, and place where the inquest was held;(4)  the name of every witness who testified at the inquest;(5)  the name of every person who provided to the justice information pertinent to the inquest;(6)  the amount of bail set for each witness and person charged in the death;(7)  a transcript of the testimony given by each witness at the inquest hearing;(8)  the autopsy report, if an autopsy was performed; and(9)  the name of every person arrested as a suspect in the death who appeared at the inquest and the details of that person's arrest.(c)  The commissioners court shall pay a reasonable fee to a person who records or transcribes sworn testimony during an inquest hearing.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 300), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 300), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.16 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.16. Orders and Death Certificates

The justice of the peace or other person who conducts an inquest under this subchapter shall sign the death certificate and all orders made as a necessary part of the inquest.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.17 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.17. Evidence

A justice of the peace shall preserve all tangible evidence that the justice accumulates in the course of an inquest that tends to show the real cause of death or identify the person who caused the death. The justice shall deposit the evidence with the appropriate law enforcement agency to be stored in the agency's property room for safekeeping.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 300), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 49.18 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies|Subchapter . A. Duties Performed by Justices of the Peace|Article 49.18. Death in Custody

(a)  If a person confined in a penal institution dies, the sheriff or other person in charge of the penal institution shall as soon as practicable inform the justice of the peace of the precinct where the penal institution is located of the death.(b) If a person dies while in the custody of a peace officer or as a result of a peace officer's use of force or if a person incarcerated in a jail, correctional facility, or state juvenile facility dies, the director of the law enforcement agency of which the officer is a member or of the facility in which the person was incarcerated shall investigate the death and file a written report of the cause of death with the attorney general no later than the 30th day after the date on which the person in custody or the incarcerated person died.  The director shall make a good faith effort to obtain all facts relevant to the death and include those facts in the report.  The attorney general shall make the report, with the exception of any portion of the report that the attorney general determines is privileged, available to any interested person.(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a death that occurs in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Subsection (b) does not apply to a death that occurs in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the death occurs under circumstances described by Section 501.055(b)(2), Government Code.(d) In this article:(1)  "Correctional facility" means a confinement facility or halfway house operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.(2)  "In the custody of a peace officer" means:(A)  under arrest by a peace officer;  or(B)  under the physical control or restraint of a peace officer.(3)  "State juvenile facility" means any facility or halfway house:(A)  operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; or(B)  described by Section 51.02(13) or (14), Family Code.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Subsec. (c) added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.106, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Subsec. (c) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1997;  Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 894, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Subsec. (c) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 894, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Subsec. (d) added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 894, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.|