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.