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
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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;
  [or]
                     (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.
 
  ______________________________
  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.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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