89R3675 JG-D     By: Hopper H.B. No. 2327       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to eligibility for loans from the Veterans' Land Board.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 161.001(a)(7), Natural Resources Code,   is amended to read as follows:                (7)  "Veteran" means a person who:                      (A)(i)  served not less than 90 days, unless   sooner discharged by reason of a service-connected disability, on   active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, United States   Public Health Service (as constituted under 42 U.S.C. Section 201   et seq.), or Marine Corps of the United States after September 16,   1940, and who on the date of filing an application under the program   has not been dishonorably discharged from the branch of the service   in which the person served;                            (ii)  has at least 20 years of active or   reserve military service as computed when determining the person's   eligibility to receive retired pay under applicable federal law;                            (iii)  has enlisted or received an   appointment in the Texas National Guard, who has completed all   initial active duty training required as a condition of the   enlistment or appointment, and who on the date of filing the   person's application has not been dishonorably discharged from the   Texas National Guard; [or]                            (iv)  served in the armed forces of the   Republic of Vietnam between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, if   the board adopts a rule regarding these veterans under Subsection   (b); or                            (v)  served as a member of a military force   organized under state law and who, on the date of filing an   application under this chapter:                                  (a)  has served for 184 days or more as   part of a mission to secure the Texas-Mexico border on behalf of   this state;                                  (b)  has not been dishonorably   discharged from the military force in which the person served; and                                  (c)  is not a member of the   legislature;                      (B)  at the time of the person's enlistment,   induction, commissioning, appointment, or drafting was a bona fide   resident of this state or has resided in this state at least one   year immediately before the date of filing an application under   this chapter; and                      (C)  at the time of the person's application under   this chapter is a bona fide resident of this state.  The term   includes the unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran who died or who   is identified as missing in action if the deceased or missing   veteran meets the requirements of this section, with the exception   that the deceased or missing veteran need not have served 90 days   under Paragraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, and if the deceased or   missing veteran was a bona fide resident of this state at the time   of enlistment, induction, commissioning, appointment, or drafting.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.