2015S0444-1 03/10/15
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1824
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limitations on awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of
Honor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.351(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The legislature by concurrent resolution may direct the
governor to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to a service
member nominated by the nominating committee. The committee chairs
serving on the nominating committee shall jointly prepare a
concurrent resolution directing the governor to award the medal to
a service member nominated. The legislature may direct the medal to
be awarded only during a regular session [and may not, during a
regular session, direct the medal to be awarded to more than:
[(1) one service member for service in the state or
federal military forces during the period beginning after 1835 but
before 1956; and
[(2) one service member for service in the state or
federal military forces after 1955].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.