By: Gonzales, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 2965
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2015;
May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 25, 2015, reported
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 25, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2965 By: RodrÃguez
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to administrative support positions with the Texas
Military Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 437, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 437.2121 to read as follows:
Sec. 437.2121. EXTENDED STATE ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. (a) The adjutant general may hire service
members of the Texas military forces to fill state military
positions with the department as authorized by the General
Appropriations Act. A service member hired under this section is
considered to be on extended state active duty service.
(b) A service member called to extended state active duty
service under this section is entitled to the benefits and paid
leave generally provided to state employees.
(c) The adjutant general shall establish and the department
shall maintain the criteria for activating a service member under
this section.
(d) A state military position may have a limited term with a
defined end date or may be a continuing position without a defined
end date.
(e) As soon as practicable before the end of each state
fiscal year, the department shall notify each service member called
to extended state active duty service under this section whether
the department will continue the service member's state military
position for the next state fiscal year.
(f) The department shall consult with the classification
officer, as authorized by Chapter 654, to develop a state salary
structure classification applicable to service members called to
extended state active duty service under this section. The salary
structure classification may allow for automatic salary increases
based on the service member's military rank and years of service.
The department may use the salary structure classification
established under this subsection before it is adopted in the
General Appropriations Act. This subsection expires August 31,
2017.
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, 2015.
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