Sec. 437.219. COMPENSATION. (a) Except as provided by Section 437.220, a member of the Texas military forces who performs training or other military duty under authority of the United States Code may not receive pay or allowances from this state for that duty.
(b) When orders are issued for state active duty or state training or other duty, a National Guard service member of the Texas military forces performing the duty or training is entitled, during the period of the duty or training, to receive pay and allowances as provided by law for the United States armed forces. Pay is a stipend for duty or training and is salary or base pay. The pay may not be reduced because of food, shelter, or transportation that this state pays or furnishes in connection with the duty or training.
(c) The adjutant general shall set the daily pay rate and allowance rate for state active duty and for state training and other duty for Texas State Guard service members called to duty or training under this chapter. The rate established by the adjutant general may not exceed the meal and lodging rate set by the comptroller by more than $25 per day. The department shall publish information about the established pay rates on the department's Internet website.
(d) Duty or training by volunteers in the Texas State Guard without pay is considered for insurance and state coverage purposes as if it were duty or training for pay.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - State Military Forces and Veterans
Subchapter E. Texas Military Forces
Section 437.201. Certification of Military Units
Section 437.202. Leave of Absence for Public Officers and Employees
Section 437.203. Dual Office Holding
Section 437.204. Reemployment of Service Member Called to Training or Duty
Section 437.207. Military Unit as Corporate Body
Section 437.208. Organization Prohibited
Section 437.209. Foreign Troops
Section 437.210. Interference With Texas Military Forces
Section 437.211. Management of Unit Funds
Section 437.2121. Extended State Active Duty Service for Administrative Support
Section 437.213. Certain Benefits and Protections for State Service
Section 437.2131. Right to Civil Action and Private Legal Counsel
Section 437.214. Military Funerals and Honors
Section 437.215. Grave Markers for State Military Personnel
Section 437.216. Service Referral Program
Section 437.217. Exemption From Fees for Deployed Military Personnel
Section 437.218. Tax Exemption
Section 437.220. Supplemental Duty Pay for Economic Hardship
Section 437.221. Other Duty and Community Service Missions
Section 437.222. Liability of Service Member
Section 437.223. Exemption From Arrest
Section 437.2235. Public Duty Justification
Section 437.226. Assistance for Tuition and Fees
Section 437.227. Compensation for Death or Injury
Section 437.228. Issuance and Use of Uniform and Other Military Property
Section 437.230. Exemption From Levy and Sale
Section 437.232. Confidentiality of Military Personnel Information