By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Hall) H.B. No. 1905
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 16, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs & Border Security; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to general officers within the Texas Military Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.058, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f) and adding Subsection
(d-1) to read as follows:
(a) The adjutant general may appoint as general officers one
or more [an] assistant deputy adjutants [adjutant] general for
army, an assistant deputy adjutant general for air, an assistant
[deputy] adjutant general for homeland security, and an assistant
[deputy] adjutant general for domestic operations [government
affairs].
(d) The assistant deputy adjutants [adjutant] general for
[the] army shall support the deputy adjutant general for [the]
army, represent the command staff at events as needed, and manage
the activities assigned by the adjutant general or the deputy
adjutant general for [the] army.
(d-1) The assistant deputy adjutant general for air shall
support the deputy adjutant general for air, represent the command
staff at events as needed, and manage the activities assigned by the
adjutant general or the deputy adjutant general for air.
(e) The assistant [deputy] adjutant general for homeland
security [the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard], as
determined by the adjutant general, shall:
(1) coordinate with other state agencies in matters
pertaining to homeland security [to ensure state emergency services
are provided and organized to support the state operations center];
and
(2) coordinate homeland security actions taken by the
National Guard Bureau in this state.
(f) The assistant [deputy] adjutant general for domestic
operations [the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as
determined by the adjutant general,] shall:
(1) coordinate activities of the Texas military forces
with the National Guard Bureau to ensure state emergency services
are provided and organized to support the state operations center;
and
(2) coordinate with other federal, state, and local
jurisdictions and officials [funding and coordination with other
federal, state, and local jurisdictions and officials in matters
relating to the operations of the Texas military forces occurring
in the assistant deputy adjutant general's jurisdiction or
oversight].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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