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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to general officers within the state military department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 437.058, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f) and adding Subsection |
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(d-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) The adjutant general may appoint as general officers one |
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or more [an] assistant deputy adjutants [adjutant] general for |
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army, an assistant deputy adjutant general for air, an assistant |
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[deputy] adjutant general for homeland security, and an assistant |
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[deputy] adjutant general for domestic operations [government
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affairs]. |
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(d) The assistant deputy adjutants [adjutant] general for |
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[the] army shall support the deputy adjutant general for [the] |
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army, represent the command staff at events as needed, and manage |
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the activities assigned by the adjutant general or the deputy |
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adjutant general for [the] army. |
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(d-1) The assistant deputy adjutant general for air shall |
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support the deputy adjutant general for air, represent the command |
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staff at events as needed, and manage the activities assigned by the |
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adjutant general or the deputy adjutant general for air. |
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(e) The assistant [deputy] adjutant general for homeland |
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security [the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard], as |
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determined by the adjutant general, shall: |
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(1) coordinate with other state agencies in matters |
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pertaining to homeland security [to ensure state emergency services
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are provided and organized to support the state operations center]; |
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and |
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(2) coordinate homeland security actions taken by the |
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National Guard Bureau in this state. |
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(f) The assistant [deputy] adjutant general for domestic |
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operations [the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as
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determined by the adjutant general,] shall: |
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(1) coordinate activities of the Texas military forces |
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with the National Guard Bureau to ensure state emergency services |
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are provided and organized to support the state operations center; |
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and |
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(2) coordinate with other federal, state, and local |
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jurisdictions and officials [funding and coordination with other
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federal, state, and local jurisdictions and officials in matters
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relating to the operations of the Texas military forces occurring
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in the assistant deputy adjutant general's jurisdiction or
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oversight]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |