83R25212 BEF-F
By: Estes S.B. No. 1871
(Kuempel)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1871: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the state cemetery.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2165.256, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the property other
than the property described as Lot No. 5, Division B, City of
Austin, Travis County, Texas, is no longer dedicated for cemetery
purposes as part of the State Cemetery as provided by that
subsection if, not later than December 31, 2013:
(1) the State Cemetery Committee makes an affirmative
finding that the property is no longer needed for cemetery purposes
and expressly consents by a majority vote of the committee to remove
the dedication; and
(2) the chair of the State Cemetery Committee files in
the deed records of Travis County and submits for publication in the
Texas Register a document indicating that the dedication is
removed.
(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.