By: Flynn (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2530
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs & Border Security; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development by the Texas Veterans Commission of an
online repository of information of use to active duty military
relocating to this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 434.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 434.026. ONLINE REPOSITORY FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY.
(a) The Texas Veterans Commission shall develop and maintain on the
state electronic Internet portal project described by Section
2054.252 an online repository of information of use to active duty
members of the United States armed forces and their families
relocating to this state.
(b) The repository under Subsection (a) must include
information on assistance, fee waivers, and programs the state
provides to active duty members of the United States armed forces
and their families related to occupational and professional
licenses, education, and health care.
(c) A link to the repository developed under Subsection (a)
must be prominently displayed on the public home page of the state
electronic Internet portal project described by Section 2054.252.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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