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.".