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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility 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. Subsection (d), Section 2165.256, Government |
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Code, is amended 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 10 [12] years in the office to |
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which 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). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |