Bill Text: TX HB3066 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to certain benefits and protections for military service members.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3066 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3066-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain benefits and protections for military service members.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3066 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3066-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 3066 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3066: | |||
By: Gutierrez | C.S.H.B. No. 3066 |
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relating to certain benefits and protections for service members of | ||
the Texas military forces ordered to state active duty or to state | ||
training and other duty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 437.213, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 437.213. CERTAIN BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS FOR STATE | ||
SERVICE. A service member of the Texas military forces who is | ||
ordered to state active duty or to state training and other duty by | ||
the governor, the adjutant general, or another proper authority | ||
under the law of this state is entitled to the same benefits and | ||
protections provided to persons: | ||
(1) performing service in the uniformed services as | ||
provided by 38 U.S.C. Sections 4301-4313 and 4316-4319[ |
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(2) in the military service of the United States as | ||
provided by 50 [ |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a service member of the Texas military forces who is serving on | ||
state active duty or on state training and other duty on the | ||
effective date of this Act or who is ordered to such duty on or after | ||
that date. | ||
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, 2017. |