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S.B. No. 2543 AN ACT relating to the amount of certain revenue that may be used for and the location of state veterans cemeteries. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 164.005(f) and (h), Natural Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: (f) The board, the chairman of the Texas Veterans Commission, and two representatives of the veterans community selected by the chairman of the Texas Veterans Commission shall: (1) establish the guidelines for determining: (A) the location and size of state veterans cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans cemeteries]; and (B) the eligibility for burial in a veterans cemetery; and (2) select [up to seven] locations across the state for state veterans cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans cemeteries]. (h) The board may use [Of the] funds available in the veterans' land fund, the veterans' housing assistance fund, and the veterans' housing assistance fund II that may be used for state veterans cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans cemeteries, the board may spend not more than $7 million each fiscal year] to plan and design, operate, maintain, enlarge, or improve state veterans cemeteries that are funded by a grant from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs [veterans cemeteries]. The board may not use funds from the veterans' land fund, the veterans' housing assistance fund, or the veterans' housing assistance fund II to acquire land to be used for a veterans cemetery. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2543 passed the Senate on May 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2543 passed the House on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor
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