Bill Text: TX HB864 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to designation of an employee within certain state agencies as a veterans liaison.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB864 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB864-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | H.B. No. 864 |
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relating to designation of an employee within certain state | ||
agencies as a veterans liaison. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 657, Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 657. VETERAN'S EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCES; VETERANS LIAISON | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 657, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 657.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 657.011. VETERANS LIAISON. (a) Each state agency with | ||
more than 500 full-time employees, using existing resources and | ||
employees, shall designate a full-time employee of the agency to | ||
serve as the veterans liaison for the agency. The employee's duties | ||
serving as the veterans liaison are secondary to the employee's | ||
primary duties for the agency. | ||
(b) The veterans liaison shall: | ||
(1) stay informed on trends and developments in | ||
hiring veterans for positions within the agency and of services | ||
available to veterans within and outside the agency; | ||
(2) recruit veterans for open positions within the | ||
agency; and | ||
(3) serve as the contact for veterans within and | ||
outside the agency to provide information about the agency and | ||
veteran's employment and services available within and outside the | ||
agency. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2017, each state | ||
agency with more than 500 full-time employees shall designate a | ||
full-time employee of the agency to serve as the veterans liaison | ||
for the agency as required by Section 657.011, Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |