1-1     By:  Truan                                            S.B. No. 1165
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 8, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
 1-4     Military Installations; March 15, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; March 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the qualifications for appointment as the adjutant
 1-9     general.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 431.022, Government Code,
1-12     is amended to read as follows:
1-13           (b)  The adjutant general is appointed by the governor, with
1-14     the advice and consent of the senate if in session, to a term
1-15     expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.  To be qualified for
1-16     appointment as adjutant general a person must:
1-17                 (1)  when appointed be serving as a federally
1-18     recognized officer of not less than field grade in the Texas
1-19     National Guard;
1-20                 (2)  have previously served on active duty or active
1-21     duty for training with the army or air force; and
1-22                 (3)  have completed at least five [10] years' service
1-23     as a federally recognized commissioned officer with an active unit
1-24     of the Texas National Guard.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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