81R11782 MCK-F By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1408 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to compensation and employment benefits for members of the Texas State Guard called to state active duty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 431.082, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A member of the Texas State Guard called to state active duty is a temporary employee of the state while on state active duty. The adjutant general shall pay members of the Texas State Guard called to state active duty according to the General Appropriations Act. If the length of state active duty exceeds 45 consecutive days, the adjutant general may pay the members of the Texas State Guard called to state active duty up to 140 percent of the amount authorized in the General Appropriations Act. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.