Sec. 431.082. COMPENSATION

(a) Except as provided by Section 431.0821, a member of the state military forces who performs training or other duty under authority of the United States Code may not receive salary or allowances from the state for the training or other duty, but may be reimbursed for lodging and meals as authorized by the General Appropriations Act if the adjutant general authorizes the payment.

(b) A member of the state military forces who volunteers to perform training or other duty solely under state authority may not receive salary or allowances from the state for the duty unless the adjutant general authorizes the payment, but may be reimbursed for lodging and meals as authorized by the General Appropriations Act if the adjutant general authorizes the payment. Training or duty without pay is considered for all purposes as if it were training or duty with pay.

(c) When the adjutant general authorizes payment for training or other duty under Subsection (b), a member of the state military forces performing the training or other duty is entitled, during the period of the training or other duty, to receive pay and allowances as provided by law for the United States Armed Forces, except that the pay may not be less than the reimbursement for lodging and meals authorized by the General Appropriations Act. This pay is an emolument for training or other duty and is salary or base pay. The pay and allowances may not be reduced because of food, shelter, or transportation that the state pays or furnishes in connection with the training or other duty.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 613, Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 282, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2003.