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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.