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Senate Bill 1871 |
Senate Author: Estes |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Kuempel |
Senate Bill 1871 amends the Government Code to establish that certain property is no longer dedicated for cemetery purposes as part of the State Cemetery if the State Cemetery Committee expressly consents by a majority vote to remove the property's dedication and the committee makes affirmative findings that the property is no longer needed for cemetery purposes, that proceeds from a real property transaction involving the property will be used to further the committee's goals or for cemetery expansion, and that concerns expressed by residents of neighborhoods in the property's vicinity have been considered and efforts have been made to address those concerns. The bill requires the committee's chair to file in the deed records of Travis County and submit for publication in the Texas Register a document indicating that the dedication is removed.
Senate Bill 1871 decreases from 12 to 10 the minimum number of years that an appointed state official is required to have served in office in order to be eligible for burial in the State Cemetery.