Bill Text: TX HB781 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 781 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of certain grants from the fund for veterans' assistance.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB781 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB781-Comm_Sub.html

	83R11045 YDB-D

	By: Farias, Collier	H.B. No. 781

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 781:

	By: Menendez	C.S.H.B. No. 781



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the allocation of certain grants from the fund for
	veterans' assistance.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 434.017, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
	(c-1) Not later than May 1 of each even-numbered year, the
	commission shall:
	(1) conduct a needs assessment to identify the
	specific high-priority needs of veterans and the services available
	to address those needs;
	(2) determine the grant categories that correspond to
	the high-priority needs identified under Subdivision (1); and
	(3) identify any gaps between the needs identified
	under Subdivision (1) and the services available to address those
	needs.
	(c-2) The commission shall incorporate the results of the
	needs assessment and other determinations under Subsection (c-1) in
	its process for awarding grants, including the prioritization of
	grant awards, from the fund for veterans' assistance.
	SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2014, the Texas Veterans
	Commission shall conduct a needs assessment and make other
	determinations required by Section 434.017(c-1), Government Code,
	as added by this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.