Bill Text: TX HB2530 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the development by the Texas Veterans Commission of an online repository of information of use to active duty military relocating to this state.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2530 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2530-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2530 |
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relating to the development by the Texas Veterans Commission of an | ||
online repository of information of use to active duty military | ||
relocating to this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 434.026 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 434.026. ONLINE REPOSITORY FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY. | ||
(a) The Texas Veterans Commission shall develop and maintain on the | ||
state electronic Internet portal project described by Section | ||
2054.252 an online repository of information of use to active duty | ||
members of the United States armed forces and their families | ||
relocating to this state. | ||
(b) The repository under Subsection (a) must include | ||
information on assistance, fee waivers, and programs the state | ||
provides to active duty members of the United States armed forces | ||
and their families related to occupational and professional | ||
licenses, education, and health care. | ||
(c) A link to the repository developed under Subsection (a) | ||
must be prominently displayed on the public home page of the state | ||
electronic Internet portal project described by Section 2054.252. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2530 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2530 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |