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.