By: Paddie, Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 906
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 21, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications for appointment as a veterans county
service officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 434.033(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) To be appointed as an officer a person must:
(1) be qualified by education and training for the
duties of the office;
(2) be experienced in the law, regulations, and
rulings of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
controlling cases that come before the commission; and
(3) have the service experience specified by
Subsection (c) or be:
(A) a widowed Gold Star Mother or unremarried
widow of a serviceman or veteran whose death resulted from service;
[or]
(B) the spouse of a disabled veteran who has a
total disability rating based either on having a service-connected
disability with a disability rating of 100 percent or on individual
unemployability; or
(C) the spouse of a retired veteran who served a
minimum of 20 years on active duty.
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, 2015.
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