Section 437.214 - Military Funerals and Honors(a) On the request of a person listed in Subsection (b), the Texas military forces may provide a military funeral and honor service for a decedent who served in the Texas military forces.(b) The following persons may request a military funeral and honor service from the Texas military forces:(1) the decedent's spouse;(2) the decedent's adult children, if there is no spouse;(3) the decedent's parents, if there is no spouse or adult child;(4) the decedent's brothers or sisters, if there is no spouse, adult child, or parent; or(5) the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, if there is no spouse, adult child, parent, or brother or sister.(c) A service member is not eligible for a military funeral and honor service under this section if the service member is eligible for a military funeral and honor service under federal law.(d) The Texas military forces shall model the military funeral and honor service after the service provided by the federal government.Tex. Gov't. Code § 437.214
Added by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1217,Sec. 1.01, eff. 9/1/2013.