By Krusee                                       H.B. No. 2132

      75R6907 MLS-D                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the qualifications for appointment as a general officer

 1-3     of the Texas State Guard or the adjutant general.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 431.022(b), Government Code, is amended

 1-6     to read as follows:

 1-7           (b)  The adjutant general is appointed by the governor, with

 1-8     the advice and consent of the senate if in session, to a term

 1-9     expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.  To be qualified for

1-10     appointment as adjutant general a person must:

1-11                 (1)  when appointed be serving as a federally

1-12     recognized officer of not less than field grade in the Texas

1-13     National Guard;

1-14                 (2)  have previously served on active duty or active

1-15     duty for training with the armed forces of the United States [army

1-16     or air force];  and

1-17                 (3)  have completed at least 10 years' service as a

1-18     federally recognized commissioned officer with an active unit of

1-19     the Texas National Guard.

1-20           SECTION 2.  Section 431.055(b), Government Code, is amended

1-21     to read as follows:

1-22           (b)  To be eligible for appointment as a general officer a

1-23     person must have:

1-24                 (1)  been a federally recognized officer of not less

 2-1     than field grade of the Texas National Guard or a regular or

 2-2     reserve component of the armed forces of the United States [Army or

 2-3     Air Force];  or

 2-4                 (2)  served at least 10 [15] years as a commissioned

 2-5     officer in the state military forces or a regular or reserve

 2-6     component of the armed forces of the United States [Army or Air

 2-7     Force].

 2-8           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-9     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-10     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-11     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-12     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

2-13     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

2-14     passage, and it is so enacted.