Bill Text: TX HB577 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to pay, benefits and requirements for state active duty service members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB577-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 577 | ||
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| relating to pay, benefits and requirements for state active duty | ||
| service members. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 437.212, Texas Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 437.212 (j) and (k) to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 437.212. PAY, [ |
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| STATE ACTIVE DUTY, STATE TRAINING, AND OTHER DUTY. | ||
| (j) Claims of discrimination by service members on state | ||
| active duty shall be processed in accordance with military | ||
| regulations and procedures established for the Texas military | ||
| forces; and are exempt from the jurisdiction of the Texas Workforce | ||
| civil rights division. | ||
| (k) A member of Texas Military Forces called to state active | ||
| duty is subject to the regulations established for continued | ||
| membership in the specific component including but not limited to | ||
| medical readiness, drug testing, physical fitness and training | ||
| requirements. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 577 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 577 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
