Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 1062
	1	+	By: Bell of Montgomery, Guillen H.B. No. 1062
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Taylor)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021;
	4	+	May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
	5	+	Affairs & Border Security; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the
	6	+	following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the eligibility of certain 17-year-old persons to serve
6	13		as members of the Texas State Guard.
7	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	15		SECTION 1. Section 437.302, Government Code, is amended by
9	16		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
10	17		follows:
11	18		(b) To serve in the Texas State Guard, a person:
12	19		(1) must be a resident of this state for at least 180
13	20		days;
14	21		(2) must be a citizen of the United States or a person
15	22		who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent
16	23		residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
17	24		Section 1101 et seq.);
18	25		(3) subject to Subsections [Subsection] (c) and (d),
19	26		must be at least 17 [18] years of age and not older than 70 years of
20	27		age;
21	28		(4) must undergo a criminal history check;
22	29		(5) must not be a registered sex offender; and
23	30		(6) must be acceptable to and approved by the governor
24	31		or adjutant general under the governor's direction.
25	32		(d) A person who is at least 17 years of age but younger than
26	33		18 years of age may serve in the Texas State Guard if the person:
27	34		(1) is emancipated by marriage, court order, or other
28	35		operation of law; or
29	36		(2) provides to the adjutant general, in a form and
30	37		manner prescribed by the adjutant general, the written consent of:
31	38		(A) each of the person's parents or legal
32	39		guardians, other than a parent or legal guardian who is:
33	40		(i) deceased;
34	41		(ii) determined by a court to be
35	42		incapacitated;
36	43		(iii) absent at an unknown location for an
37	44		indefinite period; or
38	45		(iv) confined in jail or prison serving a
39	46		term of punishment that will result in the parent or guardian being
40	47		released after the person's 18th birthday; or
41	48		(B) for a person who is in the managing
42	49		conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services
43	50		or another legal entity, a representative of the department or
44	51		other legal entity.
45	52		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
46		-	______________________________ ______________________________
47		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
48		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1062 was passed by the House on April
49		-	23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
50		-	voting.
51		-	______________________________
52		-	Chief Clerk of the House
53		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1062 was passed by the Senate on May
54		-	21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
55		-	______________________________
56		-	Secretary of the Senate
57		-	APPROVED: _____________________
58		-	Date
59		-	_____________________
60		-	Governor
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