79R6180 KEG-D


By:  Hilderbran                                                   H.B. No. 2900


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain persons for burial in the state cemetery. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2165.256(f), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) Grave spaces are allotted for: (1) a person who is eligible or who clearly will be eligible for burial under Subsection (d); (2) the person's spouse; and (3) the person's unmarried child of any age, if the child, on September 1, 1979, or at the time of the child's death, because of a long-standing physical or mental condition that was manifest during the lifetime of one of the child's parents, is dependent on another for care or support [is a resident in a state-operated or state-licensed eleemosynary institution]. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005.