| 1 | 1 | | 81R11245 EAH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Farias H.B. No. 4390 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the organization, duties, and functions of the Texas |
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| 8 | 8 | | Veterans Commission. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 434.014(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The executive director or the executive director's |
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| 13 | 13 | | designee shall develop a career ladder program. The program must |
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| 14 | 14 | | require that openings in all positions except entry level positions |
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| 15 | 15 | | be posted within the commission concurrently with any [for at least |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 days before they are posted for the] public posting. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended by adding Section 434.0161 to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 434.0161. USE OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUTREACH AND |
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| 20 | 20 | | TRAINING. The commission may use appropriated funds to purchase, |
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| 21 | 21 | | for use at outreach and training functions: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) promotional items that include the agency's name |
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| 23 | 23 | | and contact information to be distributed to veterans; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) food and beverages. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Section 2167.001(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 26 | 26 | | to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) This chapter does not apply to: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) radio antenna space; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) residential space for a Texas Department of Mental |
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| 30 | 30 | | Health and Mental Retardation program; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) residential space for a Texas Youth Commission |
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| 32 | 32 | | program; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) space to be used for less than one month for |
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| 34 | 34 | | meetings, conferences, conventions, seminars, displays, |
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| 35 | 35 | | examinations, auctions, or similar purposes; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (5) district office space for members of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | legislature; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (6) space used by the Texas Workforce Commission; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (7) residential property acquired by the Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Department of Housing and Community Affairs or the Texas State |
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| 41 | 41 | | Affordable Housing Corporation that is offered for sale or rental |
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| 42 | 42 | | to individuals and families of low or very low income or families of |
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| 43 | 43 | | moderate income; [or] |
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| 44 | 44 | | (8) except as provided by Section 2167.007, classroom |
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| 45 | 45 | | and instructional space for an institution of higher education; or |
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| 46 | 46 | | (9) space leased by the Texas Veterans Commission to |
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| 47 | 47 | | administer the veterans employment services program. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 4. Section 2167.001(b), Government Code, as amended |
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| 49 | 49 | | by this Act, applies only to a lease agreement entered into on or |
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| 50 | 50 | | after the effective date of this Act. A lease agreement entered into |
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| 51 | 51 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 52 | 52 | | effect at the time the lease agreement was entered into, and the |
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| 53 | 53 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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