85R14940 TYPED
By: Cyrier H.B. No. 2809
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain Texas Rangers for burial in
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 10 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).
(7) an honorably retired Texas Ranger who served at
least 10 years as a commissioned officer of the Texas Rangers or a
commissioned officer of the Texas Rangers who dies in office after
10 years of service as a Texas Ranger or a commissioned officer of
the Texas Rangers died in the line of duty.
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, 2017.