Guillen Bill Studies The State Guard And Changes Nothing

The text as introduced · 532 words

By: Guillen
H.B. No. 101

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the state guard professionalization task force.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 437, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 437.311 to read as follows:

Sec. 437.311. STATE GUARD PROFESSIONALIZATION TASK FORCE.

(a) The State Guard Professionalization Task Force is a temporary

task force created to advise the adjutant general on the

professionalization of the Texas State Guard under the Texas

Military Department.

(b) The task force is composed of:

(1) the adjutant general or the adjutant general's

designee;

(2) the director of the Texas Department of Public

Safety or the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety's

designee;

(3) the director of the Texas Division of Emergency

Management or the director of the Texas Division of Emergency

Management's designee;

(4) the director of the Texas Department of

Transportation or the director of the Texas Department of

Transportation's designee;

(5) the director of the Texas A&M Forrest Service or

the director of the Texas A&M Forrest Service's designee; and

(6) any other directors or director's designees of any

other state agencies as determined by the adjutant general or the

adjutant general's designee.

(c) The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee

is the chair of the task force.

(d) The task force shall meet as often as necessary to

perform the task force's duties. Meetings may be held at any time at

the request of the chair.

(e) The task force shall:

(1) use statistical analyses, data received from focus

groups on operations conducted by Texas State Guard, and other

research methods to conduct an examination of state missions and

operations of the State Guard in this state that includes:

(A) an identification of critical state missions

and operations needs; and

(B) a determination of the state's long-range

state missions and operations needs;

(2) identify and anticipate challenges and threats to

the state's operations, including but not limited to critical

infrastructure;

(3) develop solutions to overcome the challenges and

threats described by Subdivision (2);

(4) develop a strategy to professionalize and develop

capabilities of the Texas State Guard that is consistent with the

findings and determinations made under this subsection;

(5) recommend to the adjutant general and the

governor:

(A) strategies to solve the challenges

identified under Subdivision (1)(A);

(B) policy priorities to address the long-range

needs determined under Subdivision (1)(B);

(C) policy priorities and budgetary needs to

implement the strategies and solutions determined under

Subdivision (3); and

(6) advise the adjutant general and the governor

regarding the staffing, facilities, equipment, and technology

needed to implement the strategy determined under Subdivision (4).

(f) Not later than August 31, 2026, the task force shall

submit to adjutant general and the governor a report that contains

the recommendations described by Subsection (e)(6).

(g) This section expires September 1, 2026.

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, 2025.