81R11434 CS-F
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 4623
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the fund for veterans' assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 434.017(c) and (e), Government Code, as
redesignated and amended by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the
80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, are amended to read as
follows:
(c) Money in the fund may be appropriated to the Texas
Veterans Commission to:
(1) enhance or improve veterans' assistance programs,
including veterans' representation and counseling; [and]
(2) make grants to [local communities to] address
veterans' needs; and
(3) administer the fund.
(e) To carry out any purpose of this chapter, the Texas
Veterans Commission may accept a gift, grant, devise, bequest of
money, security, service, or property, including money raised or a
service provided by a volunteer or volunteer group, to promote the
work of the commission. The commission may participate in the
establishment and operation of an affiliated nonprofit
organization that is established for the purpose of raising money
for or providing services or other benefits to the commission [The
comptroller may solicit and accept gifts and grants to the fund. A
gift or grant to the fund may be appropriated in the same manner as
other money in the fund, subject to any limitation or requirement
placed on the gift or grant by the donor or granting entity].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.