| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2530 |
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| 1 | + | By: Flynn (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2530 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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| 4 | + | Affairs & Border Security; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the development by the Texas Veterans Commission of an |
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| 6 | 12 | | online repository of information of use to active duty military |
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| 7 | 13 | | relocating to this state. |
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| 8 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 16 | | amended by adding Section 434.026 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 17 | | Sec. 434.026. ONLINE REPOSITORY FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY. |
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| 12 | 18 | | (a) The Texas Veterans Commission shall develop and maintain on the |
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| 13 | 19 | | state electronic Internet portal project described by Section |
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| 14 | 20 | | 2054.252 an online repository of information of use to active duty |
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| 15 | 21 | | members of the United States armed forces and their families |
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| 16 | 22 | | relocating to this state. |
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| 17 | 23 | | (b) The repository under Subsection (a) must include |
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| 18 | 24 | | information on assistance, fee waivers, and programs the state |
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| 19 | 25 | | provides to active duty members of the United States armed forces |
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| 20 | 26 | | and their families related to occupational and professional |
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| 21 | 27 | | licenses, education, and health care. |
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| 22 | 28 | | (c) A link to the repository developed under Subsection (a) |
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| 23 | 29 | | must be prominently displayed on the public home page of the state |
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| 24 | 30 | | electronic Internet portal project described by Section 2054.252. |
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| 25 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 26 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2530 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | | - | 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 30 | | - | voting. |
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| 31 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 32 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 33 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2530 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 34 | | - | 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Date |
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| 39 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Governor |
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| 32 | + | * * * * * |
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