Bill Text: TX HB5123 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits at each Department of Public Safety office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB5123 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5123-Introduced.html
By: Lopez of Cameron | H.B. No. 5123 |
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relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans | ||
benefits at each Department of Public Safety office. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 411.0917 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.0197. VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES POSTER. (a) | ||
The Department of Public Safety shall, in consultation with the | ||
Texas Veterans Commission, create and distribute to each veteran in | ||
this state a veterans benefits and services pamphlet containing | ||
information relating to: | ||
(1) how a veteran can: | ||
(A) apply for unemployment compensation benefits | ||
under Subtitle A and unemployment compensation benefits that may be | ||
offered under a program administered by an agency of the federal | ||
government; | ||
(B) contact the Texas Veterans Commission, | ||
including how a veteran may access the Internet website maintained | ||
by the Texas Veterans Commission and the veterans crisis hotline | ||
established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs | ||
under 38 U.S.C. Section 1720F; | ||
(C) exercise any tax benefits or preferences | ||
offered to veterans under the Tax Code or Internal Revenue Code of | ||
1986; and | ||
(D) obtain a driver's license or personal | ||
identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety; and | ||
(2) services that may be available to veterans in this | ||
state, including: | ||
(A) education, workforce placement, and training | ||
programs; | ||
(B) legal assistance; and | ||
(C) substance abuse and mental health treatment. | ||
(c) the department shall display the veterans benefits and | ||
services poster distributed by the commission under this section | ||
in a conspicuous place in each department office. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Department | ||
of Public Safety shall, in consultation with the Texas Veterans | ||
Commission, create and distribute the veterans benefits and | ||
services poster as required by Section 411.0197, Government Code, | ||
as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |