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Art. 6228e. FORMER TEXAS RANGERS AND THEIR WIDOWS.  Sec. 1. 
(a) Pensions to Former Texas Rangers.  A pension of Eighty Dollars 
($80.00) per month shall be paid to each former Texas Ranger who 
meets the following conditions:
	(1)  He served as a regular Texas Ranger, receiving 
compensation from the state, for an aggregate time of at least two 
(2) years prior to September 1, 1947.  Service as a special Texas 
Ranger, although compensated from state funds, shall not be 
counted;
	(2)  He has not been eligible at any time for membership in 
the Employees Retirement System of Texas;
	(3)  He was not dismissed from service as a Texas Ranger for 
incompetence, misconduct, or breach of duty;
	(4)  He has reached the age of sixty (60) years.                               
	(b)  Pensions to Widows of Former Texas Rangers.  A pension 
of Eighty Dollars ($80.00) per month shall also be paid to the widow 
of each former Texas Ranger who meets the following conditions:
	(1)  The widow was legally married to a Texas Ranger or 
former Texas Ranger prior to January 1, 1957, and at the time of his 
death;
	(2)  Her husband met the conditions set out in paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) of this Section.
	Sec. 2. The pensions provided for in this Act shall be paid 
from the Confederate Pension Fund created by Section 17, Article 
VII of the Constitution of Texas, upon warrants of the Comptroller 
of Public Accounts.  Persons entitled to pensions under this Act 
shall make application to the Comptroller of Public Accounts.  Said 
application shall recite facts showing that the applicant meets the 
qualifications set out in Sections 1(a) or 1(b) of this Act 
depending upon the status of the applicant, shall be accompanied by 
a certificate executed by the custodian of the service record of the 
applicant, or of the applicant's deceased husband as the case may 
be, showing the applicant's qualifications under paragraphs (1) and 
(3) of Subsection (a) of Section 1 of this Act, provided however, 
that such certificate shall not be required for applicants (or 
their widows) whose service in the Texas Rangers was for periods 
prior to the year 1922 and in such instances such applicants must 
satisfy the Comptroller of Public Accounts that such former Texas 
Ranger meets the qualifications set out in paragraphs (1) and (3) of 
Subsection (a) of Section 1 of this Act, and shall be sworn to by the 
applicant.  Full monthly payment shall be made for each month 
commencing with the month in which the completed application is 
filed and ending with the month in which the recipient dies.
	Sec. 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Comptroller of 
Public Accounts, out of the Confederate Pension Fund, whatever 
amount is necessary to pay the pensions authorized by this Act 
during the period between the effective date of this Act and August 
31, 1959.
	There is further appropriated to the Comptroller of Public 
Accounts, out of the Confederate Pension Fund, whatever amount is 
necessary to pay the pensions authorized by this Act during the 
biennium beginning September 1, 1959, and ending August 31, 1961.

Acts 1959, 56th Leg., p. 629, ch. 283.  Amended by Acts 1967, 60th 
Leg., p. 1048, ch. 459, Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 1967.

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