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| 2 | 2 | | By: Blanco H.B. No. 864 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to designation of an employee within certain state |
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| 8 | 8 | | agencies as a veterans liaison. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 657, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 657. VETERAN'S EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCES; VETERANS LIAISON |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 657, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Section 657.011 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 657.011. VETERANS LIAISON. (a) Each state agency with |
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| 16 | 16 | | more than 500 full-time employees, using existing resources and |
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| 17 | 17 | | employees, shall designate a full-time employee of the agency to |
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| 18 | 18 | | serve as the veterans liaison for the agency. The employee's duties |
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| 19 | 19 | | serving as the veterans liaison are secondary to the employee's |
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| 20 | 20 | | primary duties for the agency. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The veterans liaison shall: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) stay informed on trends and developments in |
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| 23 | 23 | | hiring veterans for positions within the agency and of services |
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| 24 | 24 | | available to veterans within and outside the agency; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) recruit veterans for open positions within the |
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| 26 | 26 | | agency; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) serve as the contact for veterans within and |
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| 28 | 28 | | outside the agency to provide information about the agency and |
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| 29 | 29 | | veteran's employment and services available within and outside the |
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| 30 | 30 | | agency. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2017, each state |
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| 32 | 32 | | agency with more than 500 full-time employees shall designate a |
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| 33 | 33 | | full-time employee of the agency to serve as the veterans liaison |
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| 34 | 34 | | for the agency as required by Section 657.011, Government Code, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | added by this Act. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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