78R3765 MXM-D

By:  Noriega                                                      H.B. No. 800



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualifications for appointment as adjutant general.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 431.022(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  The adjutant general is appointed by the governor, with 
the advice and consent of the senate if in session, to a term 
expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.  To be qualified for 
appointment as adjutant general a person must:
		(1)  when appointed be serving as a federally 
recognized officer of not less than field grade in the Texas 
National Guard;
		(2)  have previously served on active duty or active 
duty for training with the army or air force; and
		(3)  have completed at least 10 years' service as a 
federally recognized commissioned officer with [an active unit of] 
the United States armed forces or National Guard or the Texas 
National Guard, including at least five years with the Texas 
National Guard.
	SECTION 2.  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 September 1, 2003.