78S30669 JD-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 81 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to military discharge records that are recorded with or 
otherwise in the possession of a governmental body.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.140(a), Government Code, as added  
by Chapter 438, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 
2003, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies [only] to a military veteran's 
Department of Defense Form DD-214 or other military discharge 
record that is [first] recorded with or [that] otherwise in [first 
comes into] the possession of a governmental body [on or after 
September 1, 2003].
	SECTION 2.  Section 192.002(c)(1), Local Government Code, as 
added by Chapter 438, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)(1)  This subsection applies [only] in relation to a 
military discharge record that is recorded with a county clerk 
under this section, regardless of the date of recordation [before 
September 1, 2003].
	SECTION 3.  Section 192.002(c)(3), Local Government Code, as 
added by Chapter 438, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, is repealed.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.