BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center                                                                                                        S.B. 933

80R6784 TAD-F                                                                                                   By: Jackson, Mike

                                                                                                                  Government Organization

                                                                                                                                            3/13/2007

                                                                                                                                              As Filed

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

Currently, the law allows for a specific list of people who can be buried in the State Cemetery, including legislators, a person specified by a governor's proclamation, or a person specified by a concurrent resolution adopted by the legislature. Texas Rangers are not on the list of those who can be buried in the State Cemetery.

 

As proposed, S.B. 933 allows honorably retired officers of the Texas Rangers who served at least 12 years as an officer or an officer of the Texas Rangers who dies in the line of duty to be buried in the State Cemetery.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Section 2165.256(d), Government Code, to add to the list of persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery an honorably retired officer of the Texas Rangers who served at least 12 years as an officer or an officer of the Texas Rangers who has either served at least 12 years in the Texas Rangers or who died in the line of duty.

 

SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.