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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the |
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Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 437.351, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) The legislature by concurrent resolution may direct the |
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governor to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to a service |
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member nominated by the nominating committee. The committee chairs |
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serving on the nominating committee shall jointly prepare a |
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concurrent resolution directing the governor to award the medal to |
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a service member nominated. The legislature may direct the medal to |
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be awarded only during a regular session and may not, during a |
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regular session, direct the medal to be awarded to more than: |
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(1) one service member for service in the state or |
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federal military forces during the period beginning after 1835 but |
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before September 11, 2001 [1956]; and |
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(2) one service member for service in the state or |
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federal military forces on or after September 11, 2001 [1955]. |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c), the Texas |
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Legislative Medal of Honor shall be awarded to a resident of this |
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state who receives the Congressional Medal of Honor. A Texas |
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Legislative Medal of Honor awarded under this subsection is not |
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included for purposes of determining the number of medals that may |
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be awarded under Subsection (d). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |