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