79R8026 MCK-D
By: Dawson H.B. No. 1318
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1318:
By: Leibowitz C.S.H.B. No. 1318
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the state providing grave markers for certain members
of the state military forces.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 431, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 431.175 to read as follows:
Sec. 431.175. GRAVE MARKERS FOR STATE MILITARY PERSONNEL.
(a) On the request of a person listed in Subsection (b), the
adjutant general shall provide a grave marker for a decedent who
served in the state military forces.
(b) The following persons may request a grave marker from
the adjutant general:
(1) the decedent's spouse;
(2) the decedent's adult children, if there is no
spouse;
(3) the decedent's parents, if there is no spouse or
adult child;
(4) the decedent's brothers or sisters, if there is no
spouse, adult child, or parent; or
(5) the executor or administrator of the decedent's
estate, if there is no spouse, adult child, parent, or brother or
sister.
(c) A person is not eligible for a grave marker under this
section if the person is eligible for a grave marker under federal
law.
(d) The adjutant general shall model the grave markers after
the grave markers provided by the federal government.
(e) The adjutant general shall adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. Section 431.175, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a member of the state military forces who
dies on or after September 1, 2005.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.