Bill Text: TX HB634 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the verification of an inmate's veteran status by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB634 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB634-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the verification of an inmate's veteran status by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB634 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB634-Comm_Sub.html
By: Farias, Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) | H.B. No. 634 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; | ||
April 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Criminal Justice; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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relating to the verification of an inmate's veteran status by the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 501.023 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.023. VERIFICATION OF INMATE VETERAN STATUS. (a) | ||
In this section, "system" means the Public Assistance Reporting | ||
Information System (PARIS) operated by the Administration for | ||
Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and | ||
Human Services. | ||
(b) The department shall: | ||
(1) investigate and verify the veteran status of each | ||
inmate by using data made available from the system through the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission; and | ||
(2) use system data to assist inmates who are veterans | ||
in applying for federal benefits or compensation for which the | ||
inmates may be eligible under a program administered by the United | ||
States Department of Veterans Affairs. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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