Amend HB 125 by striking page 1, line 8, through page 2, line 
8, and substituting the following:
	(b)  The exemptions provided for in Subsection (a) of this 
section also apply and inure to the benefit of:
		(1)  a child of a member  [the children of members] of 
the armed forces of the United States:
			(A)  who is or was [are or were] killed in action;
			(B)  [,] who dies [die] or died while in service;
			(C)  [,] who is are missing in action; 
			(D)  [, or] whose death is documented to be 
directly caused by illness or injury connected with service in the 
armed forces of the United States;
			(E)  who became totally disabled for purposes of 
employability according to the disability ratings of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs as a result of a service-related injury; or
			(F)  who at any time during the semester or other 
term for which the child claims the exemption, is deployed on active 
duty by the armed forces of the United States for the purpose of 
engaging in a combative military operation outside of the United 
States; [,] and
		(2)  a child of a member  [to the benefit of orphans  of 
members] of the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National 
Guard who:
			(A)  was killed since January 1, 1946, while on 
active duty either in the service of their state or the United 
States;
			(B)  is totally disabled for purposes of 
employability according to the disability ratings of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, regardless of whether the member is eligible 
to receive disability benefits from the department, as a result of a 
service-related injury suffered since January 1, 1946, while on 
active duty either in the service of this state or the United 
States; or
			(C)  at any time during the semester or other term 
for which the child claims the exemption, is deployed on active duty 
either in the service of this state or the United States for the 
purpose of engaging in a combative military operation outside of 
the United States.".