Bill Text: TX HB3961 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of a district judge or former district judge for burial in the State Cemetery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB3961 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3961-Introduced.html

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88R10988 LRM-D
By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 3961

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of a district judge or former district
judge for burial in the State Cemetery.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2165.256(d) and (e), Government Code,
are 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); and
(7) a former district judge or a district judge who
dies in office.
(e) The committee shall review the names of state officials
presented to the committee for consideration under Subsections
[Subsection] (d)(3) and (7), in proclamations under Subsection
(d)(4), and in resolutions under Subsection (d)(5). A person whose
name is presented to the committee or who is specified in a
proclamation or resolution is eligible for burial in the State
Cemetery only if the committee, following its review, finds that
the person specified made a significant contribution to Texas
history and only if, based on that finding, the committee approves
the person's burial in the cemetery. The committee may by order
authorize a burial under Subsection (d)(6) only if the committee
finds that the person made a significant contribution to Texas
history, which may include a person who served this state through
public administration or governmental service.
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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.