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1	1	H.B. No. 1452
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to participation in job training and employment assistance
6	6	programs by veterans and other covered persons.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Chapter 302, Labor Code, is amended by adding
9	9	Subchapter G to read as follows:
10	10	SUBCHAPTER G. PRIORITY OF SERVICE IN JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
11	11	ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
12	12	Sec. 302.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
13	13	(1) "Active military, naval, or air service" has the
14	14	meaning assigned by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(24).
15	15	(2) "Covered person" has the meaning assigned by 38
16	16	U.S.C. Section 4215(a). The term includes the spouse of any member
17	17	of the armed forces who died while serving on active military,
18	18	naval, or air service.
19	19	(3) "Veteran" has the meaning assigned by 38 U.S.C.
20	20	Section 101(2).
21	21	Sec. 302.152. PRIORITY OF SERVICE REQUIRED. (a) A covered
22	22	person is entitled to priority in obtaining services or resources
23	23	under this subchapter. In the implementation of this section, a
24	24	covered person may take precedence in obtaining services or
25	25	resources under this subchapter over persons who are not covered
26	26	persons.
27	27	(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), "taking precedence" may
28	28	mean that:
29	29	(1) the covered person receives access to a service or
30	30	resource before a person who is not a covered person; or
31	31	(2) if the service or resource is limited, the covered
32	32	person receives access to the service or resource instead of a
33	33	person who is not a covered person.
34	34	Sec. 302.153. PARTICIPATION IN STATE-FUNDED PROGRAMS. In
35	35	selecting applicants to receive training or assistance under a job
36	36	training or employment assistance program or service that is funded
37	37	wholly or partly with state money, priority of service must be given
38	38	to a covered person who meets the minimum eligibility requirements
39	39	to participate or enroll in the program or receive the service.
40	40	Sec. 302.154. PARTICIPATION IN TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION
41	41	PROGRAMS. (a) The Texas Veterans Commission shall operate
42	42	programs funded under 38 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 42. The commission
43	43	may provide services to enhance the employment and training
44	44	opportunities of veterans, covered persons, active duty service
45	45	members, spouses of active duty service members, and members of the
46	46	Texas National Guard. The services provided under this section
47	47	must be provided by state employees.
48	48	(b) The Texas Veterans Commission may adopt rules necessary
49	49	to implement this section.
50	50	SECTION 2. Section 302.014, Labor Code, is repealed.
51	51	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
52	52	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
53	53	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
54	54	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
55	55	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
56	56	______________________________ ______________________________
57	57	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
58	58	I certify that H.B. No. 1452 was passed by the House on April
59	59	28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
60	60	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
61	61	No. 1452 on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0,
62	62	1 present, not voting.
63	63	______________________________
64	64	Chief Clerk of the House
65	65	I certify that H.B. No. 1452 was passed by the Senate, with
66	66	amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
67	67	0.
68	68	______________________________
69	69	Secretary of the Senate
70	70	APPROVED: __________________
71	71	Date
72	72	__________________
73	73	Governor