bill rewriting qualifications for Texas adjutant general

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By: Hopper
H.B. No. 1305

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualifications for appointment as adjutant general.

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

SECTION 1. Section 437.052(c), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(c) To be eligible for appointment as adjutant general, a

service member must:

(1) at the time of appointment, be serving as an [ a

federally recognized ] officer of not less than colonel in the Texas

military forces [ National Guard ]; and

(2) [ have previously served on active duty or active

duty for training with the United States Army or Air Force;

[ (3) meet for the year the appointment is made the

submission requirements of the General Officer Federal Recognition

Board or its successor; and

[ (4) ] have completed at least 15 years of service as a

[ federally recognized reserve or active duty ] commissioned officer

with an active unit of the United States Army or Air Force[ , the

National Guard, ] or the Texas military forces [ National Guard,

including at least five years with the Texas National Guard ].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.