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By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) |
H.B. No. 3066 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017; |
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May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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Affairs & Border Security; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain benefits and protections for service members of |
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the Texas military forces ordered to state active duty or to state |
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training and other duty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 437.213, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 437.213. CERTAIN BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS FOR STATE |
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SERVICE. A service member of the Texas military forces who is |
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ordered to state active duty or to state training and other duty by |
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the governor, the adjutant general, or another proper authority |
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under the law of this state is entitled to the same benefits and |
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protections provided to persons: |
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(1) performing service in the uniformed services as |
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provided by 38 U.S.C. Sections 4301-4313 and 4316-4319[, as that
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law existed on April 1, 2003]; and |
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(2) in the military service of the United States as |
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provided by 50 [App.] U.S.C. Sections 3901-3959, 3991, and |
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4011-4026 [501-536, 560, and 580-594, as that law existed on April
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1, 2003]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a service member of the Texas military forces who is serving on |
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state active duty or on state training and other duty on the |
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effective date of this Act or who is ordered to such duty on or after |
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that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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