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