76R12374 MXM-F
By Wise H.B. No. 671
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 671:
By Moreno of El Paso C.S.H.B. No. 671
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to awards for members of the state or other military
1-3 forces.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 431.134, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 431.134. OTHER AWARDS. The adjutant general may adopt
1-8 rules and regulations relating to the:
1-9 (1) Texas Faithful Service Medal, which shall be
1-10 awarded to a member of the state military forces who has completed
1-11 five years of honorable service during which the person has shown
1-12 fidelity to duty, efficient service, and great loyalty to the
1-13 state;
1-14 (2) Federal Service Medal, which shall be awarded to a
1-15 person who was inducted into federal service from the state
1-16 military forces between June 15, 1940, and January 1, 1946, or
1-17 after June 1, 1950, if the service was for more than 90 days [nine
1-18 months];
1-19 (3) Texas Medal of Merit, which may be presented to a
1-20 member of the military forces of this state, another state, or the
1-21 United States who performs outstanding service or attains
1-22 extraordinary achievement in behalf of the state or United States;
1-23 (4) Texas Outstanding Service Medal, which may be
1-24 presented to a member of the military forces of this state, another
2-1 state, or the United States who has performed service in a superior
2-2 and clearly outstanding manner;
2-3 (5) Texas State Guard Service Medal, which shall be
2-4 awarded to a person who completes three consecutive years of
2-5 honorable service in the Texas State Guard during which the person
2-6 has shown fidelity to duty, efficient service, and great loyalty to
2-7 the state; [and]
2-8 (6) Texas Desert Shield/Desert Storm Campaign Medal,
2-9 which shall be awarded to a person who was inducted into federal
2-10 service from the Texas National Guard after August 1, 1990, in
2-11 support of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm,
2-12 without regard to the place that the person was deployed while
2-13 serving on active federal military duty; and
2-14 (7) Texas Humanitarian Service Medal, which shall be
2-15 awarded to a person who:
2-16 (A) does not meet the criteria for an award of
2-17 the federal Humanitarian Service Medal;
2-18 (B) is a member of the state military forces;
2-19 and
2-20 (C) while serving under state active duty
2-21 orders, participates satisfactorily in the accomplishment of
2-22 missions to protect life or property during or soon after a natural
2-23 disaster or civil unrest.
2-24 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-3 passage, and it is so enacted.