81R31931 MCK-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 2581
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to partnering with the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies to establish a veterans
hospital in El Paso.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 434.019 to read as follows:
Sec. 434.019. 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 El Paso.
(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. 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.