LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 4, 2009

TO:	Honorable Mark Homer, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB4128 by Bonnen (Relating to the eligibility of certain Texas Rangers for burial in the state cemetery.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Section 2165.256(d) of Government Code to include eligibility for certain Texas Rangers to receive burial in the Texas State Cemetery.  The bill would allow officers and honorably retired officers of the Texas Rangers who served at least twelve years as an officer and attained the rank of at least captain, or who died in the line of duty, to be eligible for burial in the Texas State Cemetery.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2009, or immediately with two-thirds vote of all members of the Legislature. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

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