By: Estes S.B. No. 1871
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. Subsection (d), Section 2165.256, 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 10 [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.