H.B. No. 2965
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to administrative support positions with the Texas
  Military Department.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 437, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 437.2121 to read as follows:
         Sec. 437.2121.  EXTENDED STATE ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE FOR
  ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. (a) The adjutant general may hire service
  members of the Texas military forces to fill state military
  positions with the department as authorized by the General
  Appropriations Act. A service member hired under this section is
  considered to be on extended state active duty service.
         (b)  A service member called to extended state active duty
  service under this section is entitled to the benefits and paid
  leave generally provided to state employees.
         (c)  The adjutant general shall establish and the department
  shall maintain the criteria for activating a service member under
  this section.
         (d)  A state military position may have a limited term with a
  defined end date or may be a continuing position without a defined
  end date.
         (e)  As soon as practicable before the end of each state
  fiscal year, the department shall notify each service member called
  to extended state active duty service under this section whether
  the department will continue the service member's state military
  position for the next state fiscal year.
         (f)  The department shall consult with the classification
  officer, as authorized by Chapter 654, to develop a state salary
  structure classification applicable to service members called to
  extended state active duty service under this section. The salary
  structure classification may allow for automatic salary increases
  based on the service member's military rank and years of service.
  The department may use the salary structure classification
  established under this subsection before it is adopted in the
  General Appropriations Act. This subsection expires August 31,
  2017.
         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, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2965 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2965 on May 28, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2965 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor