BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 3066 |
By: Guillen |
Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties assert that state law extending certain protections under federal law to service members of the Texas military forces ordered to state active duty or to state training and other duty should be updated to reflect changes in that federal law. C.S.H.B. 3066 seeks to make this update.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 3066 amends the Government Code to remove the specification that the federal laws providing certain benefits and protections to persons in uniformed services to which a service member of the Texas military forces who is ordered to state active duty or to state training and other duty by the governor, the adjutant general, or another proper authority under state law is entitled in the same manner are those federal laws as they existed on April 1, 2003. The bill updates citation references to certain of those federal laws.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 3066 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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