Tex. Gov't Code Section 613.002
Reemployment to Same Position Following Military Service

(a)

A public employee who leaves a state position or a position with a local governmental entity to enter active military service is entitled to be reemployed:

(1)

by the state or the local governmental entity;

(2)

in the same department, office, commission, or board of this state, a state institution, or local governmental entity in which the employee was employed at the time of the employee’s induction or enlistment in, or order to, active military service; and

(3)

in:

(A)

the same position held at the time of the induction, enlistment, or order; or

(B)

a position of similar seniority, status, and pay.

(b)

To be entitled to reemployment under Subsection (a), the employee must be:

(1)

discharged, separated, or released from active military service under honorable conditions not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of induction, enlistment, or call to active military service; and

(2)

physically and mentally qualified to perform the duties of that position.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source: Section 613.002 — Reemployment to Same Position Following Military Service, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­613.­htm#613.­002 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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