Bill Text: TX SB1476 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the veteran entrepreneur program by the Texas Veterans Commission.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1476 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1476-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1476 | ||
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| relating to the creation of the veteran entrepreneur program by the | ||
| Texas Veterans Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 434.022 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 434.022. VETERAN ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM. (a) In this | ||
| section, "veteran" means a person who has served in: | ||
| (1) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine | ||
| corps of the United States; or | ||
| (2) the Texas National Guard as defined by Section | ||
| 431.001. | ||
| (b) The Texas Veterans Commission by rule shall establish | ||
| and implement the veteran entrepreneur program to foster and | ||
| promote veteran entrepreneurship and business ownership. | ||
| (c) The program shall provide assistance to veteran | ||
| entrepreneurs and business owners by: | ||
| (1) performing outreach functions to improve veteran | ||
| entrepreneurs' and business owners' awareness of federal and state | ||
| benefits and services available to those veterans; | ||
| (2) assessing the need for benefits and services among | ||
| veteran entrepreneurs and business owners; | ||
| (3) reviewing and researching programs, projects, and | ||
| initiatives designed to address the needs of veteran entrepreneurs | ||
| and business owners; | ||
| (4) periodically evaluating the effectiveness of the | ||
| commission's efforts to assist veteran entrepreneurs and business | ||
| owners and making appropriate recommendations to the executive | ||
| director of the commission to improve services and assistance | ||
| provided to those veterans; | ||
| (5) incorporating issues concerning veteran | ||
| entrepreneurs and business owners into the commission's plans for | ||
| assisting veterans in securing benefits and services; | ||
| (6) advocating for veteran entrepreneurs and working | ||
| to increase public awareness about the needs of veteran | ||
| entrepreneurs and business owners; | ||
| (7) recommending legislative initiatives and policies | ||
| at the local, state, and national levels to address the issues | ||
| affecting veteran entrepreneurship and business ownership; | ||
| (8) collaborating with federal, state, and private | ||
| agencies that provide services to veteran entrepreneurs and | ||
| business owners to allow the veterans to make use of those services; | ||
| (9) monitoring and researching issues affecting the | ||
| interests of veteran entrepreneurs and business owners; | ||
| (10) providing information about opportunities for | ||
| veteran entrepreneurs and business owners in the commission's | ||
| collaborative network of businesses and organizations; | ||
| (11) providing guidance to veteran entrepreneurs and | ||
| business owners through conferences, seminars, and training | ||
| workshops with federal, state, and private agencies; and | ||
| (12) promoting events and activities that recognize or | ||
| honor veteran entrepreneurs and business owners. | ||
| (d) The executive director of the commission shall appoint a | ||
| program coordinator to administer the program. | ||
| (e) The commission shall provide facilities as appropriate | ||
| in support of the program to the extent funding is available for | ||
| that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, but not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas Veterans | ||
| Commission shall adopt rules establishing the veteran entrepreneur | ||
| program required by Section 434.022, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1476 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1476 passed the House on | ||
| May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 19, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
