By: Flores, Leibowitz H.J.R. No. 7
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to require partnering with the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal
agencies to establish a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley
region of the state.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. SECTION 1.01. Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
is amended by adding Section 73 to read as follows:
Sec. 73. VETERANS HOSPITAL. (a) The Texas Veterans
Commission and the Department of State Health Services shall work
with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and any other
appropriate federal agency to propose that the federal government
establish a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley region of the
state.
(b) The state may contribute money, property, and other
resources to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a
veterans hospital described by this section.
SECTION 1.02. The constitutional amendment proposed by this
article shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held
November 3, 2009. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for
or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment to
require partnering with the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs and other federal agencies to establish a veterans hospital
in the Rio Grande Valley region of the state."