89R5204 MCK-D
By: Paxton S.B. No. 635
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to supplemental pay for members of the Texas military
forces suffering an economic hardship as a result of serving on
military duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 437.220(a), (b), and (c), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A person who is called to military duty as a member of
the Texas military forces [National Guard] in the service of this
state or the United States by proper federal or state authority and
who suffers an economic hardship as a result of serving on military
duty is eligible to receive supplemental pay for serving in
accordance with this section. Payment under this subsection is
subject to the availability of funds.
(b) The comptroller shall establish the Texas military
forces [National Guard members'] supplemental military duty pay
account in the general revenue fund. Money in the account may be
appropriated only for purposes of implementing this section. The
comptroller, governor, or adjutant general may accept gifts and
grants for deposit to the credit of the account. The legislature
may transfer money into the account or may appropriate money to
implement this section and the comptroller shall credit that money
to the account.
(c) A member of the Texas military forces [National Guard]
described by Subsection (a) is eligible to receive supplemental pay
under this section in an amount not to exceed the lesser of:
(1) the amount required to alleviate the economic
hardship the member suffers as a result of serving on active duty;
and
(2) the difference between the amount of income that
the member has lost from civilian employment as a result of being
called to military duty and the amount of military pay and
allowances the member receives from state or federal sources while
on military duty.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to
military duty by a member of the Texas military forces occurring on
or after the effective date of this Act regardless of the date the
member was called to military duty. Military duty occurring before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the military duty occurred, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.