Bill Text: TX SB2104 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to certain advocacy and legal services for Texas Veterans and to tuition and fees for certain military spouses and dependents.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - See remarks for effective date [SB2104 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2104-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain advocacy and legal services for Texas Veterans and to tuition and fees for certain military spouses and dependents.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - See remarks for effective date [SB2104 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2104-Engrossed.html
By: Zaffirini, Campbell | S.B. No. 2104 |
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relating to the creation of the Texas Veterans County Service | ||
Officer Task Force. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 434.040 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 434.040. TEXAS VETERANS COUNTY SERVICE OFFICER TASK | ||
FORCE. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Rural county" means a county with a population of | ||
less than 200,000. | ||
(2) "Task force" means the Texas Veterans County | ||
Service Officer Task Force. | ||
(3) "Urban county" means a county with a population of | ||
200,000 or more. | ||
(b) The Texas Veterans County Service Officer Task Force is | ||
established to study the impact and efficacy of officers in this | ||
state. | ||
(c) The task force is composed of the following nine | ||
members: | ||
(1) the chair of the House Committee on Defense and | ||
Veterans' Affairs; | ||
(2) the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran | ||
Affairs and Border Security; | ||
(3) a representative of the commission; | ||
(4) the chair of the Veterans County Service Officer | ||
Advisory Committee; | ||
(5) a representative of the Texas Coalition of | ||
Veterans Organizations; | ||
(6) an officer representing a rural county selected by | ||
the chair of the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs; | ||
(7) an officer representing an urban county selected | ||
by the chair of the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' | ||
Affairs; | ||
(8) an officer representing a rural county selected by | ||
the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border | ||
Security; and | ||
(9) an officer representing an urban county selected | ||
by the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border | ||
Security. | ||
(d) The chairs of the House Committee on Defense and | ||
Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and | ||
Border Security serve as co-chairs of the task force. | ||
(e) A recommendation of the task force must be approved by a | ||
majority vote of the members of the task force. | ||
(f) Each member of the task force has one vote. | ||
(g) The task force shall: | ||
(1) examine the role and duties of officers in each | ||
county; | ||
(2) identify the regions of this state that are in need | ||
of officers; and | ||
(3) determine types and levels of support needed from | ||
this state in order for officers to appropriately advocate for the | ||
veterans served by the officers. | ||
(h) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall | ||
prepare and submit a report based on recommendations of the task | ||
force regarding the issues described in Subsection (g) to the | ||
Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border Security and House | ||
Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs. The report must be | ||
approved by a majority vote of the members of the task force. | ||
(i) This section expires January 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |