By: Estes S.B. No. 1871
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to burial on property dedicated for cemetery purposes as
part of the State Cemetery.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2165.256 (d), Government Code, is
amended 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 6 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).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.