Bill Text: TX SB221 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the entitlement of spouses of certain veterans with disabilities to a veteran's employment preference.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security [SB221 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB221-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 221 | |
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| relating to the entitlement of spouses of certain veterans with | ||
| disabilities to a veteran's employment preference. | ||
| 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 with a disability if: | ||
| (A) the veteran has a total disability rating | ||
| based either on having a service-connected disability with a | ||
| disability rating of 100 percent or on individual unemployability; | ||
| (B) the veteran is receiving Supplemental | ||
| Security Income (SSI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq. | ||
| or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits under 42 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 401 et seq.; and | ||
| (C) the spouse was married to the veteran at the | ||
| time the veteran separated from the armed services. | ||
| 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 spouse of a veteran with a disability as | ||
| described by Section 657.002(4); | ||
| (4) a veteran's surviving spouse who has not | ||
| remarried; and | ||
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| killed while on active duty. | ||
| 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 | ||
| or a spouse of a veteran with a disability as described by Section | ||
| 657.002(4) shall furnish the official records to the individual | ||
| whose duty is to fill the position. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
