SRC-JXG C.S.S.B. 1545 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1545
By: Sibley
Administration
4/6/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas law authorizes the Texas State Cemetery Committee
(committee) to authorize the burial of a person only during a period in
which the legislature is not convened, and only if the committee finds that
the person to be buried made a significant contribution to Texas history.
C.S.S.B. 1545 would authorize the committee to act on emergency burial
requests during the legislative session when it is not practical, feasible,
or possible to delay burial until the legislature or governor can act on
the request and a concurrent resolution or proclamation can be obtained,
and would require the person to have made a significant contribution to
Texas history. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, C.S.S.B. 1545 authorizes the Texas State Cemetery Committee to
act on emergency burial requests during a legislative session. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 2165.256(e), Government Code, to delete text
regarding burial in the State Cemetery only during a period in which the
legislature is not convened in regular or special session. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.


SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 1. 

Amends Section 2165.256(e), Government Code, to reinstate previously
deleted text authorizing the Texas State Cemetery Committee (committee) by
order to authorize a burial under Subsection (d)(6), only if the committee
finds that the person made a significant contribution to Texas history.