79R4806 JD-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 1123



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, 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, 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, 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repealed.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 September 1, 2005.