Bill Text: TX SB1376 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1376 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1376-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1376 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1376-Introduced.html
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By: Parker | S.B. No. 1376 |
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relating to a state employment preference for certain spouses of | ||
veterans with a disability. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 657.002, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 657.002. INDIVIDUALS QUALIFIED FOR VETERAN'S | ||
EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE. The following individuals qualify for a | ||
veteran's employment preference: | ||
(1) a veteran, including a veteran with a disability; | ||
(2) a veteran's surviving spouse who has not | ||
remarried; [ |
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(3) an orphan of a veteran if the veteran was killed | ||
while on active duty; and | ||
(4) the spouse of a veteran if the spouse is the | ||
primary source of income for the household and the veteran has a | ||
total disability rating based either on having a service-connected | ||
disability with a disability rating of at least 70 percent or on | ||
individual unemployability. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 657.003(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A state agency shall provide to an individual entitled | ||
to a veteran's employment preference for employment or appointment | ||
over other applicants for the same position who do not have a | ||
greater qualification a veteran's employment preference, in the | ||
following order of priority: | ||
(1) a veteran with a disability; | ||
(2) a veteran; | ||
(3) a veteran's surviving spouse who has not | ||
remarried; [ |
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(4) an orphan of a veteran if the veteran was killed | ||
while on active duty; and | ||
(5) the spouse of a veteran with a disability as | ||
described by Section 657.002(4) if the spouse is the primary source | ||
of income for the veteran's household. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 657.005(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) An applicant who is either a veteran with a disability | ||
as described by Section 657.002(4) or the spouse of a veteran with a | ||
disability as described by Section 657.002(4) if the spouse is the | ||
primary source of income for the veteran's household shall furnish | ||
the official records to the individual whose duty is to fill the | ||
position in a form and manner that demonstrates to the satisfaction | ||
of the individual that the applicant is entitled to the employment | ||
preference. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an open position with a state agency for which the state agency | ||
begins accepting applications on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. An open position with a state agency for which the state | ||
agency begins accepting applications before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the state | ||
agency began accepting applications, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |