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| 1 | 1 | 81R31931 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 2581 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to partnering with the United States Department of | |
| 8 | 8 | Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies to establish a veterans | |
| 9 | 9 | hospital in El Paso. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 434.019 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 434.019. VETERANS HOSPITAL. (a) The Texas Veterans | |
| 14 | 14 | Commission and the Department of State Health Services shall work | |
| 15 | 15 | with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and any other | |
| 16 | 16 | appropriate federal agency to propose that the federal government | |
| 17 | 17 | establish a veterans hospital in El Paso. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The state may contribute money, property, and other | |
| 19 | 19 | resources to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a | |
| 20 | 20 | veterans hospital described by this section. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |