Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package Page: I
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Personal Assistance
- Texas will support military families through "Texas Friends of Freedom." ...........................................................1
- Texas should continue state-paid health insurance contributions for employees called to active military duty.............................2
- The State Auditor's Office should review federal laws to determine if Texas is in compliance with laws established
after the Gulf War, and other state benefit policies to determine if updates or policy interpretations are recommended.....................2
- The Employees Retirement System should review federal laws regarding employee benefits to determine if
Texas is in compliance.....................................................................................................2
- Texas should examine other benefit policies, such as retirement benefits, dental insurance, life insurance, disability
insurance, or contributions to Health or Child Care Reimbursement Accounts to determine if changes should be made. ....................2
- Texas should determine if state agencies should pay the employee's share of health care contributions paid for
family or spouse coverage. ................................................................................................2
- The Comptroller of Public Accounts and other interested state agencies will coordinate private sector donations of
computers, wiring and Internet accounts to help children of military personnel stay in touch with parents on active duty...................3
- The Comptroller's office will allow its employees to earn compensatory time for assisting the families of reservists called
up to active duty in completing their federal income tax returns through the IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program................4
- Texas should declare September 11 a Day of Remembrance......................................................................5
Education Assistance
- The Texas Tomorrow Fund, through its scholarship foundation, will raise contributions from individuals and corporations
to provide tuition and required fees for children affected by the war effort..........................................................6
- Texas should modify the Texas Hazlewood Act to waive tuition and fees to the spouses of Texas servicemen killed in
the line of duty during the"Enduring Freedom" campaign against terrorists. .......................................................7
" Texas should amend Texas Government Code 615.121, which authorizes tuition and/or fee waivers and reimbursement
for the cost of textbooks to include the spouses and dependents of public safety officers killed in the"Noble Eagle"
homeland defense campaign...............................................................................................7
- The Texas Education Agency should provide counseling resources for school districts on the state's education Web page. ...................8
- Texas should increase the number of instructional staff at the Texas Engineering Extension Service's training program......................9
Financial Assistance
- Texas state agencies and institutions of higher education whose employees are called to active military duty from Military
Reserves or National Guard status should grant these employees a standard monthly emergency leave benefit to ensure these
employees and their families do not suffer from a reduction in income while serving their country.....................................10
- Texas should allow additional $20,000 property tax exemptions for reservists called to active duty.....................................11
- Texas should amend current state law to give franchise tax credits to telephone companies or other donor companies that
provide a telephone calling card to the families of National Guard members and reservists called to active duty for the
"Enduring Freedom"and homeland defense"Noble Eagle" campaigns against terrorism; and any future national emergency
declared in accordance with federal law.....................................................................................12TEXAS RESPONDS - The Texas War Relief Package I
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Texas. Comptroller's Office. Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package, text, November 2001; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth654370/m1/7/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.