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| 1 | 1 | By: Hopper H.B. No. 1305 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the qualifications for appointment as adjutant general. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 437.052(c), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) To be eligible for appointment as adjutant general, a | |
| 13 | 13 | service member must: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) at the time of appointment, be serving as an [a | |
| 15 | 15 | federally recognized] officer of not less than colonel in the Texas | |
| 16 | 16 | military forces [National Guard]; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) [have previously served on active duty or active | |
| 18 | 18 | duty for training with the United States Army or Air Force; | |
| 19 | 19 | [(3) meet for the year the appointment is made the | |
| 20 | 20 | submission requirements of the General Officer Federal Recognition | |
| 21 | 21 | Board or its successor; and | |
| 22 | 22 | [(4)] have completed at least 15 years of service as a | |
| 23 | 23 | [federally recognized reserve or active duty] commissioned officer | |
| 24 | 24 | with an active unit of the United States Army or Air Force[, the | |
| 25 | 25 | National Guard,] or the Texas military forces [National Guard, | |
| 26 | 26 | including at least five years with the Texas National Guard]. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |