By: Flores, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.J.R. No. 7
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2009;
May 15, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 21, 2009, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 21, 2009,
sent to printer.)
HOUSE 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. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 73 to read as follows:
Sec. 73. (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 2. The constitutional amendment proposed by this
resolution 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."
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