S.B. No. 1871
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, 2014:
(1) the State Cemetery Committee:
(A) makes affirmative findings that:
(i) the property is no longer needed for
cemetery purposes;
(ii) proceeds from a real property
transaction involving the property described by this subsection
will be used to further the goals of the State Cemetery Committee,
including capital improvements or major repairs or renovations to
the State Cemetery, or for a purpose described by Subsection (p);
and
(iii) concerns expressed by residents of
neighborhoods in the vicinity of the property have been considered
and that efforts have been made to address those concerns; and
(B) 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1871 passed the Senate on
May 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendments on May 24, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1871 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 1, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor