81R11415 MCK-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 2359
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for burial in the State Cemetery.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2165.256, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
follows:
(d) Persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery are:
(1) a former member of the legislature or a member who
dies in office;
(2) a former elective state official or an elective
state official who dies in office;
(3) a former state official or a state official who
dies in office who has been appointed by the governor and confirmed
by the senate and who served at least 12 years in the office to which
appointed;
(4) a person specified by a governor's proclamation,
subject to review and approval by the committee under Subsection
(e);
(5) a person specified by a concurrent resolution
adopted by the legislature, subject to review and approval by the
committee under Subsection (e); [and]
(6) a person specified by order of the committee under
Subsection (e); and
(7) a member of the state military forces as defined by
Section 431.001 who served on state active duty.
(e-1) A member of the state military forces is not eligible
for burial in the State Cemetery under Subsection (d)(7) if the
person is eligible for burial in a veterans cemetery under federal
law. This subsection does not affect a person's eligibility for
burial under a provision of Subsection (d) other than Subsection
(d)(7).
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, 2009.