TITLE: Relating to the eligibility of certain Texas Rangers for burial in the state cemetery.

SUMMARY: Relating to the eligibility of certain Texas Rangers for burial in the state cemetery.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the eligibility of certain Texas Rangers for burial in the state cemetery. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2165.256(d), 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 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);(7) an honorably retired officer of the Texas Rangers who served at least 10 years as an officer; and (8) an officer of the Texas Rangers who: (A) served at least 10 years as a Texas Ranger; or (B) died in the line of duty.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.