| 1 | 1 | | By: Cortez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 1589 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 9, 2013, reported |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent |
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| 6 | 6 | | to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 431.131(d), Government Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (d) The legislature by concurrent resolution may direct the |
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| 16 | 16 | | governor to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to a person |
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| 17 | 17 | | nominated by the nominating committee. The committee chairs |
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| 18 | 18 | | serving on the nominating committee shall jointly prepare a |
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| 19 | 19 | | concurrent resolution directing the governor to award the medal to |
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| 20 | 20 | | a person nominated. The legislature may direct the medal to be |
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| 21 | 21 | | awarded only during a regular session and may not, during a regular |
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| 22 | 22 | | session, direct the medal to be awarded to more than: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) one person for service in the state or federal |
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| 24 | 24 | | military forces during the period beginning after 1835 but before |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1956; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) one person for service in the state or federal |
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| 27 | 27 | | military forces after 1955 [during a regular session]. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 33 | 33 | | * * * * * |
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