79R1399 MCK-D
By: Dawson 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) The adjutant general shall provide grave markers for a member
of the state military forces who dies during active military
service to the state or the United States.
(b) A person is not eligible for a grave marker under this
section if the person is eligible for a grave marker under federal
law.
(c) The adjutant general shall model the grave markers after
the grave markers provided by the federal government.
(d) 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.