Bill Text: TX HB3412 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Veterans County Service Officer Task Force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3412 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3412-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Veterans County Service Officer Task Force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3412 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3412-Introduced.html
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By: Miller | H.B. No. 3412 |
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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, "task force" means the Texas Veterans | ||
County Service Officer Task Force. | ||
(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 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 Texas Veterans Commission; | ||
(4) officers from various regions of the state; and | ||
(5) a representative of the Texas Coalition of | ||
Veterans Organizations. | ||
(d) 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. | ||
(e) Not later than December 1, 2020, the task force shall | ||
prepare and submit a report on the issues described in Subsection | ||
(d) to the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border Security, | ||
House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs, and Texas | ||
Veterans Commission. | ||
(f) This section expires January 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |