Bill Text: TX SB1892 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services and coordinating workgroups established by the council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB1892 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1892-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1892 |
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relating to the composition of the Texas Coordinating Council for | ||
Veterans Services and coordinating workgroups established by the | ||
council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 434.153, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 434.153. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. The council is | ||
composed of the director or executive head of the following | ||
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(1) the Texas Veterans Commission; | ||
(2) the Veterans' Land Board; | ||
(3) the adjutant general's department; | ||
(4) the Health and Human Services Commission; [ |
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(5) the State Bar of Texas; | ||
(6) the office of acquired brain injury of the Health | ||
and Human Services Commission; | ||
(7) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(8) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; | ||
(9) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative | ||
Services; | ||
(10) the Department of Family and Protective Services; | ||
(11) the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(12) the Texas Workforce Investment Council; | ||
(13) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; | ||
(14) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; | ||
(15) the Department of Public Safety; | ||
(16) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(17) the Commission on Jail Standards; | ||
(18) the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer | ||
Standards and Education; | ||
(19) the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
Affairs; | ||
(20) the Texas Department of Transportation; | ||
(21) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; and | ||
(22) the Office of Public Utility Counsel. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 434.154, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 434.154. COORDINATING WORKGROUPS[ |
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SECTION 3. Subsections (a) and (g), Section 434.154, | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The council may, by majority vote, establish the | ||
following coordinating workgroups to focus on specific issues | ||
affecting veterans, servicemembers, and their families: | ||
(1) health or mental health; | ||
(2) employment; | ||
(3) higher education; | ||
(4) criminal justice; | ||
(5) housing; [ |
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(6) transportation; | ||
(7) women veterans; and | ||
(8) any other coordinating workgroup considered | ||
necessary. | ||
(g) Each member of the council may invite organizations [ |
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services to veterans, servicemembers, and their families, but that | ||
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designate a representative to participate in a coordinating | ||
workgroup through procedures established by the council. | ||
SECTION 4. Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), Section | ||
434.154, Government Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1892 passed the Senate on | ||
April 30, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1892 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |