By: Guillen H.B. No. 3066
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to benefits for members of the state military forces
called to active state duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.213, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 437.213. CERTAIN BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS FOR STATE
SERVICE. A service member of the Texas military forces who is
ordered to state active duty or to state training and other duty by
the governor, the adjutant general, or another proper authority
under the law of this state is entitled to the same benefits and
protections provided to persons:
(1) performing service in the uniformed services as
provided by 38 U.S.C. Sections 4301-4313 and 4316-4319[, as that
law existed on April 1, 2003]; and
(2) in the military service of the United States as
provided by 50[App.] U.S.C. Sections [501-536]3901-3959,
[560]3991, and [581-594, as that law existed on April 1,
2003]4011-4026.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to persons serving on
active state duty on or after the effective date of this Act without
regard to the date on which the person was initially ordered to
active state duty.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.