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1	1	By: Lucio S.B. No. 1660
2	2	(Alvarado)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to certain unclaimed property of veterans and veterans'
8	8	families.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 434.007, Government Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 434.007. DUTIES. The commission shall:
13	13	(1) compile federal, state, and local laws enacted to
14	14	benefit members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families
15	15	and dependents;
16	16	(2) collect information relating to services and
17	17	facilities available to veterans;
18	18	(3) cooperate with veterans service agencies in the
19	19	state;
20	20	(4) inform members and veterans of the armed forces,
21	21	their families and dependents, and military and civilian
22	22	authorities about the existence or availability of:
23	23	(A) educational training and retraining
24	24	facilities;
25	25	(B) health, medical, rehabilitation, and housing
26	26	services and facilities;
27	27	(C) employment and reemployment services;
28	28	(D) provisions of federal, state, and local law
29	29	affording rights, privileges, and benefits to members and veterans
30	30	of the armed forces and their families and dependents; and
31	31	(E) other similar, related, or appropriate
32	32	matters;
33	33	(5) assist veterans and their families and dependents
34	34	in presenting, proving, and establishing claims, privileges,
35	35	rights, and benefits they may have under federal, state, or local
36	36	law;
37	37	(6) cooperate with all government and private agencies
38	38	securing services or benefits to veterans and their families and
39	39	dependents;
40	40	(7) investigate, and if possible correct, abuses or
41	41	exploitation of veterans or their families or dependents, and
42	42	recommend necessary legislation for full correction;
43	43	(8) coordinate the services and activities of state
44	44	departments and divisions having services and resources affecting
45	45	veterans or their families or dependents;
46	46	(9) provide training and certification of veterans
47	47	county service officers and assistant veterans county service
48	48	officers in accordance with Section 434.038; [and]
49	49	(10) through surveys or other reasonable and accurate
50	50	methods of estimation, collect and maintain for each county in the
51	51	state the number of servicemembers and veterans residing in the
52	52	county and annually update and publish the information on the
53	53	commission's website; and
54	54	(11) with the assistance and cooperation of the
55	55	comptroller, inform and assist veterans and their families and
56	56	dependents with respect to discovering and initiating claims for
57	57	unclaimed property held by the United States Department of Veterans
58	58	Affairs.
59	59	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	60	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	61	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	62	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	63	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.