1-1     By:  Hightower (Senate Sponsor - Ogden)               H.C.R. No. 85

 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1997;

 1-3     May 6, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on

 1-4     Administration; May 15, 1997, reported favorably by the following

 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                         HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 1-7           WHEREAS, State law (Section 2165.256, Government Code)

 1-8     specifies those persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery

 1-9     and authorizes the legislature to grant eligibility to other

1-10     persons through the adoption of a concurrent resolution; and

1-11           WHEREAS, Dan Beto, and his wife Donna Beto, have expressed a

1-12     desire to be buried in the State Cemetery, and their request merits

1-13     approval based on Mr. Beto's many years of distinguished service in

1-14     the field of criminal justice; and

1-15           WHEREAS, Mr. Beto's father, George Beto, is already interred

1-16     in the State Cemetery, and his mother has been granted permission

1-17     to be laid to rest there as well; the family's request to be buried

1-18     in a common resting ground is indeed a reasonable one, and the

1-19     family's legacy of service to the State of Texas compels the

1-20     legislature to accommodate them in this matter; now, therefore, be

1-21     it

1-22           RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas

1-23     hereby authorize the burial of Dan Beto and Donna Beto in the

1-24     State Cemetery, provided proper application for assignment of

1-25     burial space is made to the General Services Commission as required

1-26     by law; and, be it further

1-27           RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official

1-28     copy of this resolution to the chairman of the General Services

1-29     Commission.

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