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                                                                  H.B. No. 2900




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.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the House on April 
29, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the Senate on May 
24, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor