89R11156 JCG-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 4319
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of service credit in the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas for certain military service by members
of the Texas National Guard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 823.301(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Military [Except as provided by Section 823.101(2),
military] service creditable in the retirement system is:
(1) active federal duty in the armed forces of the
United States, other than as a student at a service academy, that
was performed:
(A) [(1)] as a direct result of being inducted or
of first enlisting for duty on a date when the federal government
was actively inducting persons into the armed forces under federal
draft laws;
(B) [(2)] as a reservist or member of the
national guard who was ordered to duty under the authority of
federal law;
(C) [(3)] during a time when the federal
government was actively inducting persons into the armed forces
under federal draft laws; or
(D) [(4)] as a result of voluntarily entering on
active duty; or
(2) state active duty in the Texas National Guard, as
those terms are defined by Section 437.001.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.