Bill Text: TX HB83 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to compensation and employment benefits for members of the state military forces called to state active duty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB83 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB83-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Flynn, Kleinschmidt, Guillen | H.B. No. 83 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 83: | |||
By: Flynn | C.S.H.B. No. 83 |
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relating to compensation and employment benefits for members of the | ||
state military forces called to state active duty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 431.082, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A member of the state military forces called to state | ||
active duty is a temporary state employee while on state active duty | ||
but does not count toward a limitation on the number of full-time | ||
employee positions of the adjutant general's department. If the | ||
length of state active duty for a member of the state military | ||
forces called to state active duty exceeds 45 consecutive days, the | ||
adjutant general may pay the member an amount not to exceed 165 | ||
percent of the amount authorized by the General Appropriations Act. | ||
If the length of state active duty for a member of the state | ||
military forces called to state active duty exceeds 90 consecutive | ||
days, the member is after the 90th day eligible for coverage in the | ||
group benefits program, eligible for membership in the employee | ||
class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, and otherwise | ||
eligible to receive benefits provided to state employees whose | ||
employment may be temporary. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 431.0825, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 431.0825. EMPLOYEES IN STATE MILITARY FORCES [ |
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municipality, county, or other political subdivision of the state | ||
called to state active duty as a member of the state military forces | ||
by the governor is entitled to receive paid emergency leave without | ||
loss of military leave under Section 431.005(a) or annual leave. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |