By Hightower                                    H.C.R. No. 85

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                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 1-1           WHEREAS, State law (Section 2165.256, Government Code)

 1-2     specifies those persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery

 1-3     and authorizes the legislature to grant eligibility to other

 1-4     persons through the adoption of a concurrent resolution; and

 1-5           WHEREAS, Dan Beto, and his wife Donna Beto, have expressed a

 1-6     desire to be buried in the State Cemetery, and their request merits

 1-7     approval based on Mr. Beto's many years of distinguished service in

 1-8     the field of criminal justice; and

 1-9           WHEREAS, Mr. Beto's father, George Beto, is already interred

1-10     in the State Cemetery, and his mother has been granted permission

1-11     to be laid to rest there as well; the family's request to be buried

1-12     in a common resting ground is indeed a reasonable one, and the

1-13     family's legacy of service to the State of Texas compels the

1-14     legislature to accommodate them in this matter; now, therefore, be

1-15     it

1-16           RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas

1-17     hereby authorize the burial of Dan Beto and Donna Beto in the

1-18     State Cemetery, provided proper application for assignment of

1-19     burial space is made to the General Services Commission as required

1-20     by law; and, be it further

1-21           RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official

1-22     copy of this resolution to the chairman of the General Services

1-23     Commission.