HB101 - Relating to creating the Texas State Guard Professionalization Task Force.

      H.B. No. 101         AN ACT   relating to creating the Texas 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.     TEXAS STATE GUARD PROFESSIONALIZATION TASK   FORCE. (a) The Texas State Guard Professionalization Task Force is   created to advise the adjutant general on the professionalization   of the Texas State Guard.           (b)  The task force is composed of:                 (1)     the adjutant general or the adjutant general's   designee;                 (2)     the director of the Department of Public Safety or   the director's designee;                 (3)     the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency   Management or the chief's designee;                 (4)     the executive director of the Texas Department of   Transportation or the executive director's designee;                 (5)     the director of the Texas A&M Forest Service or the   director's designee; and                 (6)     the executive head of any other state agency or the   executive head's designee 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 at the call of the chair as   often as necessary to perform the task force's duties.           (e)  The task force shall:                 (1)     examine the state missions and operations of the   Texas State Guard using statistical analyses and data received from   focus groups and other research methods, including identifying the   short- and long-term critical state missions and operations needs   of the Texas State Guard;                 (2)     identify any existing and potential challenges and   threats to the Texas State Guard's operations, including critical   infrastructure;                 (3)     develop solutions to overcome the challenges and   threats identified under Subdivision (2);                 (4)  develop strategies to:                       (A)  professionalize the Texas State Guard; and                       (B)     develop the capabilities of the Texas State   Guard that are consistent with the findings and determinations made   under this subsection;                 (5)     recommend to the adjutant general and the   governor:                       (A)     policy priorities to address the long-term   needs identified under Subdivision (1); and                       (B)     the solutions developed under Subdivision   (3) and policy priorities and budgetary needs to implement those   solutions; and                 (6)     advise the adjutant general and the governor   regarding the staffing, facilities, equipment, and technology   needed to implement the strategies developed under Subdivision (4).           (f)     Not later than August 31, 2026, the task force shall   submit a report to the adjutant general and the governor that   contains the task force's findings and recommendations described by   Subsection (e)(5).           (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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 101 was passed by the House on May 13,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 101 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor