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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of a district judge or former district |
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judge 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. Sections 2165.256(d) and (e), Government Code, |
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are 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 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 former district judge or a district judge who |
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dies in office. |
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(e) The committee shall review the names of state officials |
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presented to the committee for consideration under Subsections |
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[Subsection] (d)(3) and (7), in proclamations under Subsection |
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(d)(4), and in resolutions under Subsection (d)(5). A person whose |
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name is presented to the committee or who is specified in a |
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proclamation or resolution is eligible for burial in the State |
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Cemetery only if the committee, following its review, finds that |
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the person specified made a significant contribution to Texas |
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history and only if, based on that finding, the committee approves |
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the person's burial in the cemetery. The committee may by order |
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authorize a burial under Subsection (d)(6) only if the committee |
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finds that the person made a significant contribution to Texas |
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history, which may include a person who served this state through |
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public administration or governmental service. |
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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, 2023. |