1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to retirement because of disability under the Employees 1-3 Retirement System of Texas. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 814.204, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) A contributing member who is also a member of the Texas 1-8 National Guard or the Texas State Guard is eligible for retirement 1-9 for an occupational disability if the person: 1-10 (1) is injured while on active duty with the national 1-11 or state guard; 1-12 (2) is discharged from that entity because of the 1-13 injury; and 1-14 (3) ceases state employment. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2029 was passed by the House on May 10, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2029 was passed by the Senate on May 20, 1997, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor