Bill Text: TX HB115 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the criteria for awarding the Texas Purple Heart Medal to members of the armed forces wounded or killed at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 80-8)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB115-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the criteria for awarding the Texas Purple Heart Medal to members of the armed forces wounded or killed at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 80-8)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB115-Comm_Sub.html
84R83 EAH-D | ||
By: Dale, Aycock, Sheffield, White of Bell, | H.B. No. 115 | |
Larson, et al. |
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relating to the criteria for awarding the Texas Purple Heart Medal | ||
to members of the armed forces wounded or killed at Fort Hood on | ||
November 5, 2009. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 437.355(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The governor or adjutant general, if delegated the | ||
authority, may adopt policies and regulations relating to awarding: | ||
(1) the Texas Purple Heart Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to a service member who: | ||
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from the Texas National Guard; and | ||
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of the federal Purple Heart Medal; or | ||
(B) was wounded or killed at Fort Hood on | ||
November 5, 2009; | ||
(2) the Texas Superior Service Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to: | ||
(A) a service member of the Texas military forces | ||
who has: | ||
(i) completed 30 or more years of honorable | ||
state service or a combination of state and federal service; and | ||
(ii) continually demonstrated superior | ||
performance and service while assigned to key leadership positions | ||
demanding responsibility; or | ||
(B) a civilian who has contributed significant | ||
service to the Texas military forces; | ||
(3) the Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal, which | ||
shall be awarded to a member of the military forces of this state, | ||
another state, or the United States for exceptionally outstanding | ||
achievement or service to this state in performance of a duty of | ||
great responsibility while serving with the Texas military forces | ||
for whom the department receives a letter of recommendation for | ||
award of the Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal that: | ||
(A) gives an account of the exceptional | ||
achievement or service; and | ||
(B) includes facts and photographs, and extracts | ||
from official documents to support and amplify the facts; | ||
(4) the Texas Outstanding Service Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member of the military forces of this state, | ||
another state, or the United States who has performed service in a | ||
superior and clearly outstanding manner; | ||
(5) the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member who: | ||
(A) does not meet the criteria for an award of the | ||
federal Humanitarian Service Medal; | ||
(B) is a member of the Texas military forces; and | ||
(C) while serving on state active duty or active | ||
duty under state authority in accordance with Title 32, United | ||
States Code, participates satisfactorily in defense support to a | ||
mission under civilian authority to protect life or property during | ||
or soon after a natural disaster or civil unrest in the state; | ||
(6) the Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal, which | ||
shall be awarded to a service member of the Texas military forces | ||
who served: | ||
(A) on or after September 11, 2001; | ||
(B) on state active duty or active duty under | ||
state authority in accordance with Title 32, United States Code; | ||
and | ||
(C) satisfactorily in defense support to a | ||
mission in the state under civilian authority; | ||
(7) the Federal Service Medal, which shall be awarded | ||
to a service member who was inducted into federal service from the | ||
Texas military forces between June 15, 1940, and January 1, 1946, or | ||
after June 1, 1950, if the service was for more than 90 days; | ||
(8) the Texas Combat Service Ribbon, which shall be | ||
awarded to a service member of the Texas National Guard who served, | ||
after September 11, 2001, in a hostile fire zone as designated by | ||
the United States secretary of defense; | ||
(9) the Texas Faithful Service Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to a member of the Texas military forces who has completed | ||
five years of honorable service during which the service member has | ||
shown fidelity to duty, efficient service, and great loyalty to | ||
this state; | ||
(10) the Texas Medal of Merit, which shall be awarded | ||
to a member of the military forces of this state, another state, or | ||
the United States who performs outstanding service or attains | ||
extraordinary achievement in behalf of the state or United States; | ||
(11) the Texas State Guard Service Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member who completes three consecutive | ||
years of honorable service in the Texas State Guard during which the | ||
service member has shown fidelity to duty, efficient service, and | ||
great loyalty to this state; | ||
(12) the Texas Desert Shield/Desert Storm Campaign | ||
Medal, which shall be awarded to a service member who was inducted | ||
into federal service from the Texas National Guard after August 1, | ||
1990, in support of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert | ||
Storm, without regard to the place that the service member was | ||
deployed while serving on active federal military duty; | ||
(13) the Texas Iraqi Campaign Medal, which shall be | ||
awarded to a service member who was inducted into federal service | ||
from the Texas National Guard, without regard to the place that the | ||
service member was deployed while serving on active federal | ||
military duty, after: | ||
(A) March 19, 2003, in support of Operation Iraqi | ||
Freedom; or | ||
(B) August 31, 2010, in support of Operation New | ||
Dawn; and | ||
(14) the Texas Afghanistan Campaign Medal, which shall | ||
be awarded to a service member who was inducted into federal service | ||
from the Texas National Guard after October 6, 2001, in support of | ||
Operation Enduring Freedom, without regard to the place that the | ||
service member was deployed while serving on active federal | ||
military duty. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |