SRC-TJG, AMY S.B. 583 78(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 583
By: Shapleigh
Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
8/14/2003
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, members of the Texas reserve military forces are being
mobilized to fulfill homeland security requirements and global contingency
commitments in numbers not seen since the Korean War.  Since September 11,
2001 approximately 5,000 guardsmen and reservists have been ordered to
full-time status.  Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld has identified a
need for transforming and streamlining our military forces and improving
interagency processes and integration.  S.B. 583 requires the adjutant
general's annual report to include a list and description of all Texas
National Guard missions in progress at the time of the report and a
statement of the adjutant general's plans to obtain and maintain future
Texas National Guard missions, including proposed missions. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 431.034, Government Code, as follows:

(a) Includes in the adjutant general's annual report to the governor a
list and description of all Texas National Guard missions in progress at
the time of report preparation, and a statement of the adjutant general's
departmental plan to obtain and maintain future missions, including those
consistent with the United States Department of Defense's war-fighting
strategies, including those used in the war on terrorism. 

(b) Provides that information relating to current, proposed, or planned
missions that is considered by the adjutant general or governor to be
classified or of a sensitive nature need not be included in the annual
report under this section. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2003.