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| 1 | - | By: Flynn (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 577 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; | |
| 3 | - | May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran | |
| 4 | - | Affairs and Military Installations; May 15, 2015, reported | |
| 5 | - | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent | |
| 6 | - | to printer.) | |
| 1 | + | H.B. No. 577 | |
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| 9 | - | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 4 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 5 | relating to pay, benefits and requirements for state active duty | |
| 12 | 6 | service members. | |
| 13 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 437.212, Texas Government Code, is | |
| 15 | 9 | amended by adding Section 437.212 (j) and (k) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 10 | Sec. 437.212. PAY, [AND] BENEFITS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR | |
| 17 | 11 | STATE ACTIVE DUTY, STATE TRAINING, AND OTHER DUTY. | |
| 18 | - | (j) Claims of discrimination by service members on | |
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| 12 | + | (j) Claims of discrimination by service members on state | |
| 13 | + | active duty shall be processed in accordance with military | |
| 20 | 14 | regulations and procedures established for the Texas military | |
| 21 | 15 | forces; and are exempt from the jurisdiction of the Texas Workforce | |
| 22 | 16 | civil rights division. | |
| 23 | - | (k) A member of Texas Military Forces called to state | |
| 24 | - | ||
| 17 | + | (k) A member of Texas Military Forces called to state active | |
| 18 | + | duty is subject to the regulations established for continued | |
| 25 | 19 | membership in the specific component including but not limited to | |
| 26 | 20 | medical readiness, drug testing, physical fitness and training | |
| 27 | 21 | requirements. | |
| 28 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2015. | |
| 29 | - | * * * * * | |
| 23 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 24 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 25 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 577 was passed by the House on April | |
| 26 | + | 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | |
| 27 | + | voting. | |
| 28 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 29 | + | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 30 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 577 was passed by the Senate on May | |
| 31 | + | 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 32 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 33 | + | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 34 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ | |
| 35 | + | Date | |
| 36 | + | _____________________ | |
| 37 | + | Governor |