Bill Text: TX SB216 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or the county's chief administrator.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security [SB216 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB216-Introduced.html

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86R3660 AAF-D
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 216

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office
report to the commissioners court or the county's chief
administrator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 434.032, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) In a county with a population of 200,000 or more, the
commissioners court shall maintain a veterans county service
office. The office must:
(1) be separate and distinct from other county
offices;
(2) be staffed by at least one full-time employee; and
(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), report
directly to the commissioners court.
(c) A commissioners court that maintains a veterans county
service office may order the office to report directly to the
county's chief administrator.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.