| 1 | | - | By: Huberty (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1725 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; |
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| 3 | | - | April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Veteran Affairs & Border Security; May 16, 2019, reported |
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| 5 | | - | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 16, 2019, sent |
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| 6 | | - | to printer.) |
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| 1 | + | 86R21112 YDB-D |
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| 2 | + | By: Huberty H.B. No. 1725 |
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| 9 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 7 | | relating to retired members of the Texas State Guard. |
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| 12 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 437.309, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 11 | | Sec. 437.309. TEXAS STATE GUARD RETIRED STATUS [HONORARY |
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| 16 | 12 | | RESERVE]. (a) The governor, or adjutant general under the |
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| 17 | 13 | | governor's authority and direction, may place on retired status |
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| 18 | 14 | | [transfer to the Texas State Guard Honorary Reserve] an officer or |
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| 19 | 15 | | enlisted service member of the Texas State Guard who on separation |
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| 20 | 16 | | from the Texas State Guard: |
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| 21 | 17 | | (1) is physically disabled as a result of service[; |
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| 22 | 18 | | [(2) is at least 60 years of age]; or |
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| 23 | 19 | | (2) [(3)] has served the federal or state military |
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| 24 | 20 | | satisfactorily for at least 20 years, with at least five years of |
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| 25 | 21 | | service in the Texas State Guard. |
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| 26 | 22 | | (b) The governor, or adjutant general under the governor's |
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| 27 | 23 | | authority and direction, may advance the service member one grade |
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| 28 | 24 | | or rank at the time of the transfer to retired status [into the |
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| 29 | 25 | | honorary reserve. For a service member who is not a general |
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| 30 | 26 | | officer, the adjutant general may advance the service member one |
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| 31 | 27 | | grade or rank at the time of the transfer into the honorary |
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| 32 | 28 | | reserve]. |
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| 33 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 437.308(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 34 | 30 | | to read as follows: |
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| 35 | 31 | | (a) The commander of the Texas State Guard shall maintain |
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| 36 | 32 | | and preserve the individual and unit records of the Texas State |
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| 37 | 33 | | Guard and the officers or service members placed on retired status |
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| 38 | 34 | | [the Texas State Guard Honorary Reserve]. |
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| 39 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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