85R1847 MEW-D By: Thierry H.B. No. 1046 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a veterans coordinator for the community justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 509, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 509.0042 to read as follows: Sec. 509.0042. VETERANS COORDINATOR. (a) The division shall designate a veterans coordinator for the division to provide technical support to departments regarding the supervision of defendants who are veterans. (b) The veterans coordinator may work in consultation with veterans coordinators for any other division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.