81R9251 MCK-F
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1940
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to charitable contributions by state employees to the fund
for veterans' assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 434.017(b), (c), and (e), Government
Code, as added by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (c) [and
(e)], money in the fund may not be appropriated for any purpose.
(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) The Texas Veterans Commission [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. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 434.0171 to read as follows:
Sec. 434.0171. STATE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND FOR
VETERANS' ASSISTANCE. For purposes of Subchapter I, Chapter 659:
(1) the Texas Veterans Commission, for the sole
purpose of managing the fund for veterans' assistance, is
considered an eligible charitable organization entitled to
participate in the state employee charitable campaign; and
(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a
deduction for contributions to the Texas Veterans Commission for
the purposes of managing the fund for veterans' assistance as a
charitable contribution under Section 659.132, and the Texas
Veterans Commission may use the contributions for the purposes
listed in Section 434.017(c), as added by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107),
Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.