Bill Text: TX HB1457 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to designation of an employee within certain state agencies as a veterans liaison.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Referred to Vet Affairs & Military Installations [HB1457 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1457-Engrossed.html
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| By: Blanco, Guillen | H.B. No. 1457 | |
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| relating to designation of an employee within certain state | ||
| agencies as a veterans liaison. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 657, Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 657. VETERAN'S EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCES; VETERANS LIAISON | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 657, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 657.011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 657.011. VETERANS LIAISON. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "State agency" means a board, commission, council, | ||
| committee, department, office, agency, or other governmental | ||
| entity in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state | ||
| government, including an institution of higher education as defined | ||
| by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (2) "Veteran" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 657.002(c). | ||
| (b) Each state agency with more than 500 full-time | ||
| employees, using existing resources and employees, shall designate | ||
| a full-time employee of the agency to serve as the veterans liaison | ||
| for the agency. The employee's duties serving as the veterans | ||
| liaison are secondary to the employee's primary duties for the | ||
| agency. | ||
| (c) The veterans liaison shall: | ||
| (1) stay informed on trends and developments in | ||
| hiring veterans for positions within the agency and of services | ||
| available to veterans within and outside the agency; | ||
| (2) recruit veterans for open positions within the | ||
| agency; and | ||
| (3) serve as the contact for veterans within and | ||
| outside the agency to provide information about the agency and | ||
| veterans employment and services available within and outside the | ||
| agency. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2015, each state | ||
| agency with more than 500 full-time employees shall designate a | ||
| full-time employee of the agency to serve as the veterans liaison | ||
| for the agency as required by Section 657.011, Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
