Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1		By: Guillen H.B. No. 101
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4	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	7		AN ACT
6	8		relating to the state guard professionalization task force.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 437, Government Code, is
9	11		amended by adding Section 437.311 to read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 437.311. STATE GUARD PROFESSIONALIZATION TASK FORCE.
11	13		(a) The State Guard Professionalization Task Force is a temporary
12	14		task force created to advise the adjutant general on the
13	15		professionalization of the Texas State Guard under the Texas
14	16		Military Department.
15	17		(b) The task force is composed of:
16	18		(1) the adjutant general or the adjutant general's
17	19		designee;
18	20		(2) the director of the Texas Department of Public
19	21		Safety or the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety's
20	22		designee;
21	23		(3) the director of the Texas Division of Emergency
22	24		Management or the director of the Texas Division of Emergency
23	25		Management's designee;
24	26		(4) the director of the Texas Department of
25	27		Transportation or the director of the Texas Department of
26	28		Transportation's designee;
27	29		(5) the director of the Texas A&M Forrest Service or
28	30		the director of the Texas A&M Forrest Service's designee; and
29	31		(6) any other directors or director's designees of any
30	32		other state agencies as determined by the adjutant general or the
31	33		adjutant general's designee.
32	34		(c) The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee
33	35		is the chair of the task force.
34	36		(d) The task force shall meet as often as necessary to
35	37		perform the task force's duties. Meetings may be held at any time at
36	38		the request of the chair.
37	39		(e) The task force shall:
38	40		(1) use statistical analyses, data received from focus
39	41		groups on operations conducted by Texas State Guard, and other
40	42		research methods to conduct an examination of state missions and
41	43		operations of the State Guard in this state that includes:
42	44		(A) an identification of critical state missions
43	45		and operations needs; and
44	46		(B) a determination of the state's long-range
45	47		state missions and operations needs;
46	48		(2) identify and anticipate challenges and threats to
47	49		the state's operations, including but not limited to critical
48	50		infrastructure;
49	51		(3) develop solutions to overcome the challenges and
50	52		threats described by Subdivision (2);
51	53		(4) develop a strategy to professionalize and develop
52	54		capabilities of the Texas State Guard that is consistent with the
53	55		findings and determinations made under this subsection;
54	56		(5) recommend to the adjutant general and the
55	57		governor:
56	58		(A) strategies to solve the challenges
57	59		identified under Subdivision (1)(A);
58	60		(B) policy priorities to address the long-range
59	61		needs determined under Subdivision (1)(B);
60	62		(C) policy priorities and budgetary needs to
61	63		implement the strategies and solutions determined under
62	64		Subdivision (3); and
63	65		(6) advise the adjutant general and the governor
64	66		regarding the staffing, facilities, equipment, and technology
65	67		needed to implement the strategy determined under Subdivision (4).
66	68		(f) Not later than August 31, 2026, the task force shall
67	69		submit to adjutant general and the governor a report that contains
68	70		the recommendations described by Subsection (e)(6).
69	71		(g) This section expires September 1, 2026.
70	72		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
71	73		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
72	74		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
73	75		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
74	76		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.