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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of certain revenue that may be used for and |
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the location of state veterans cemeteries. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 164.005(f) and (h), Natural Resources |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(f) The board, the chairman of the Texas Veterans |
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Commission, and two representatives of the veterans community |
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selected by the chairman of the Texas Veterans Commission shall: |
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(1) establish the guidelines for determining: |
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(A) the location and size of state veterans |
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cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the United States |
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Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans cemeteries]; and |
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(B) the eligibility for burial in a veterans |
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cemetery; and |
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(2) select [up to seven] locations across the state |
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for state veterans cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the |
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans |
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cemeteries]. |
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(h) The board may use [Of the] funds available in the |
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veterans' land fund, the veterans' housing assistance fund, and the |
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veterans' housing assistance fund II that may be used for state |
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veterans cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the United |
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States Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans cemeteries, the |
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board may spend not more than $7 million each fiscal year] to plan |
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and design, operate, maintain, enlarge, or improve state veterans |
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cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the United States |
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Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans cemeteries]. The board |
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may not use funds from the veterans' land fund, the veterans' |
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housing assistance fund, or the veterans' housing assistance fund |
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II to acquire land to be used for a veterans cemetery. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |