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By:  Dawson (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)                            H.B. No. 1318
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2005; 
May 13, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran 
Affairs and Military Installations; May 19, 2005, reported 
favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 19, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


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 431.0175 to read as follows:
	Sec. 431.0175.  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 431.0175, 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.                           



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