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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain members of the Texas State |
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Guard or Texas National Guard for burial in the state cemetery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2165.256(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) Persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery are: |
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(1) a former member of the legislature or a member who |
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dies in office; |
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(2) a former elective state official or an elective |
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state official who dies in office; |
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(3) a former state official or a state official who |
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dies in office who has been appointed by the governor and confirmed |
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by the senate and who served at least 12 years in the office to which |
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appointed; |
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(4) a person specified by a governor's proclamation, |
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subject to review and approval by the committee under Subsection |
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(e); |
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(5) a person specified by a concurrent resolution |
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adopted by the legislature, subject to review and approval by the |
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committee under Subsection (e); [and] |
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(6) a person specified by order of the committee under |
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Subsection (e); and |
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(7) a person who: |
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(A) served as a member of the Texas State Guard or |
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Texas National Guard for at least five years before the person's |
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death; or |
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(B) died as a result of an injury sustained while |
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serving on active duty as a member of the Texas State Guard or Texas |
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National Guard. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |