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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