By: Estes S.B. No. 1871

(In the Senate - Filed April 4, 2013; April 4, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Administration; April 23, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 23, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1871 By: Whitmire

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility for burial in the state cemetery.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 2165.256, Government code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) Persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery are:

(1) a former member of the legislature or a member who dies in office;

(2) a former elective state official or an elective state official who dies in office;

(3) a former state official or a state official who dies in office who has been appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate and who served at least 10 [12] years in the office to which appointed;

(4) a person specified by a governor's proclamation, subject to review and approval by the committee under Subsection (e);

(5) a person specified by a concurrent resolution adopted by the legislature, subject to review and approval by the committee under Subsection (e); and

(6) a person specified by order of the committee under Subsection (e).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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