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  89R13986 LRM-D     By: Anchía H.B. No. 5131       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in   certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 1.  OFFICE REQUIRED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AND AUTHORIZED   IN OTHER COUNTIES .  Subject to the provisions of this article, the   commissioners court of any county with  [ having ] a population of   more than one [ 2.5 ] million shall establish and maintain the office   of medical examiner, and the commissioners court of any county with   a population of less than one million may establish and provide for   the maintenance of the office of medical examiner.  Population   shall be according to the last preceding federal census.          SECTION 2.  Section 1-a(a), Article 49.25, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commissioners courts of two or more counties ,   regardless of population size, may enter into an agreement to   create a medical examiners district and to jointly operate and   maintain the office of medical examiner of the district.  The   district must include the entire area of all counties   involved.  The counties within the district must, when taken   together, form a continuous area.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.