Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 5 - TEXAS VETERANS LAND BOARD
Chapter 178 - TEXAS STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES
Section 178.1 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--The Veterans Land Board of the State of Texas.
(2) Chairman--The commissioner of the General Land Office who is also chairman of the Veterans Land Board.
(3) Committee--Veterans Cemetery Committee, consisting of the Board, the Chairman of the Texas Veterans Commission, and two members of the veteran's community appointed by the Chairman of the Texas Veterans Committee.
(4) Eligible Relative--As by the USDVA rules governing State Cemetery Grants, 38 C.F.R §39.2(a) to include a veteran's wife, husband, surviving spouse, minor children, and unmarried adult children who were physically or mentally disabled and incapable of self-support.
(5) TSVC--Texas State Veterans Cemetery, a burial ground operated solely for the burial of veterans and the eligible relatives.
(6) USDVA--The United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any successor thereto.
(7) Veteran--As defined by defined 38 U.S.C. §101(2) and the USDVA rules governing State Cemetery Grants, 38 C.F.R. §39.1(h) meaning a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who died while in service or was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
