Bill Text: TX HB906 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications for appointment as a veterans county service officer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB906 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB906-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 906 |
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relating to the qualifications for appointment as a veterans county | ||
service officer. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 434.033(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) To be appointed as an officer a person must: | ||
(1) be qualified by education and training for the | ||
duties of the office; | ||
(2) be experienced in the law, regulations, and | ||
rulings of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs | ||
controlling cases that come before the commission; and | ||
(3) have the service experience specified by | ||
Subsection (c) or be: | ||
(A) a widowed Gold Star Mother or unremarried | ||
widow of a serviceman or veteran whose death resulted from service; | ||
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(B) the spouse of a disabled veteran who has a | ||
total disability rating based either on having a service-connected | ||
disability with a disability rating of 100 percent or on individual | ||
unemployability; or | ||
(C) the spouse of a retired veteran who served a | ||
minimum of 20 years on active duty. | ||
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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 906 was passed by the House on April | ||
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 906 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |