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.