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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compensation and employment benefits for members of the |
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Texas State Guard called to state active duty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 431.082, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A member of the Texas State Guard called to state active |
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duty is a temporary employee of the state while on state active |
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duty. The adjutant general shall pay members of the Texas State |
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Guard called to state active duty according to the General |
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Appropriations Act. If the length of state active duty exceeds 45 |
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consecutive days, the adjutant general may pay the members of the |
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Texas State Guard called to state active duty up to 140 percent of |
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the amount authorized in the General Appropriations Act. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |