{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-613.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 613.002","heading":"REEMPLOYMENT TO SAME POSITION FOLLOWING MILITARY SERVICE.","body":"(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:\n(1) by the state or the local governmental entity;\n(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\n(3) in:\n(A) the same position held at the time of the induction, enlistment, or order; or\n(B) a position of similar seniority, status, and pay.\n(b) To be entitled to reemployment under Subsection (a), the employee must be:\n(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\n(2) physically and mentally qualified to perform the duties of that position.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 613. REEMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING MILITARY SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER A. REEMPLOYMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.613.htm#613.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"d31b35e13fa09549763080b4758a71bbceef4146a06755909447a404cbc1fd0a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-613.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-613.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}