Texas reduces enlistment age to 17 for State Guard

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The Texas Legislature recently passed a bill lowering the enlistment age for the Texas State Guard (State Defense Force) from 18 to 17 years old.

Bill Name: Texas House Bill 1062

Summary: Relating to the eligibility of certain 17-year-old persons to serve as members of the Texas State Guard.

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-09 – Effective on 9/1/21

 

H.B. No. 1062
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain 17-year-old persons to serve
  as members of the Texas State Guard.
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
        SECTION 1.  Section 437.302, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
  follows:
        (b)  To serve in the Texas State Guard, a person:
              (1)  must be a resident of this state for at least 180
  days;
              (2)  must be a citizen of the United States or a person
  who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent
  residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
  Section 1101 et seq.);
              (3)  subject to Subsections [Subsection] (c) and (d),
  must be at least 17 [18] years of age and not older than 70 years of
  age;
              (4)  must undergo a criminal history check;
              (5)  must not be a registered sex offender; and
              (6)  must be acceptable to and approved by the governor
  or adjutant general under the governor’s direction.
        (d)  A person who is at least 17 years of age but younger than
  18 years of age may serve in the Texas State Guard if the person:
              (1)  is emancipated by marriage, court order, or other
  operation of law; or
              (2)  provides to the adjutant general, in a form and
  manner prescribed by the adjutant general, the written consent of:
                    (A)  each of the person’s parents or legal
  guardians, other than a parent or legal guardian who is:
                          (i)  deceased;
                          (ii)  determined by a court to be
  incapacitated;
                          (iii)  absent at an unknown location for an
  indefinite period; or
                          (iv)  confined in jail or prison serving a
  term of punishment that will result in the parent or guardian being
  released after the person’s 18th birthday; or
                    (B)  for a person who is in the managing
  conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services
  or another legal entity, a representative of the department or
  other legal entity.
        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
  ______________________________ ______________________________
    President of the Senate Speaker of the House
        I certify that H.B. No. 1062 was passed by the House on April
  23, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House
        I certify that H.B. No. 1062 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                    Date
           _____________________
                  Governor
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