By: Taylor of Collin, Lucio S.B. No. 850
(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2015; March 4, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
Military Installations; March 23, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 2; March 23, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a public duty justification for conduct of a service
member of the Texas military forces.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 437, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 437.2235 to read as follows:
Sec. 437.2235. PUBLIC DUTY JUSTIFICATION. Section 9.21,
Penal Code, applies to conduct of a service member of the Texas
military forces ordered into service of this state by proper
authority that is performed in the service member's official
capacity.
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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