S.B. No. 1580
AN ACT
relating to a study on homeless veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2306, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter OO to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER OO. HOMELESS VETERANS
Sec. 2306.1101. STUDY ON HOMELESS VETERANS. (a) The
department, in conjunction with other members of the Texas
Interagency Council for the Homeless established under Subchapter
KK, shall conduct a study and prepare a report on homeless veterans.
(b) The report prepared under this section must:
(1) include a summary of the information resulting
from the study;
(2) note any significant assumptions made in preparing
the report, including the definition of "homelessness" that was
used to prepare the report and the reason that definition was used;
(3) summarize the status of the homeless veteran
population in this state and note any trends observed in the
previous three calendar years;
(4) based on input from the Texas Veterans Commission
and the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless, describe the
statewide and major local entities serving homeless veteran
populations, and the funding sources of those entities; and
(5) provide recommendations, including
recommendations made by the Texas Interagency Council for the
Homeless, to improve the effectiveness of this state's approach to
addressing homelessness among veterans, including any recommended
changes to state law.
(c) The department shall submit the report required by this
section to the legislature not later than December 1, 2016.
(d) This subchapter expires September 1, 2017.
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1580 passed the Senate on
May 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2015, by the
following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1580 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 111,
Nays 31, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor