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| 1 | - | 86R23969 SRA-F | |
| 2 | - | By: Miller, Lambert, Thompson of Brazoria, H.B. No. 3412 | |
| 3 | - | Anderson | |
| 4 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3412: | |
| 5 | - | By: Flynn C.S.H.B. No. 3412 | |
| 1 | + | 86R14084 SRA-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Miller H.B. No. 3412 | |
| 6 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 7 | relating to the creation of the Texas Veterans County Service | |
| 11 | 8 | Officer Task Force. | |
| 12 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | |
| 14 | 11 | amended by adding Section 434.040 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 12 | Sec. 434.040. TEXAS VETERANS COUNTY SERVICE OFFICER TASK | |
| 16 | - | FORCE. (a) In this section: | |
| 17 | - | (1) "Rural county" means a county with a population of | |
| 18 | - | less than 200,000. | |
| 19 | - | (2) "Task force" means the Texas Veterans County | |
| 20 | - | Service Officer Task Force. | |
| 21 | - | (3) "Urban county" means a county with a population of | |
| 22 | - | 200,000 or more. | |
| 13 | + | FORCE. (a) In this section, "task force" means the Texas Veterans | |
| 14 | + | County Service Officer Task Force. | |
| 23 | 15 | (b) The Texas Veterans County Service Officer Task Force is | |
| 24 | 16 | established to study the impact and efficacy of officers in this | |
| 25 | 17 | state. | |
| 26 | - | (c) The task force is composed of the following nine | |
| 27 | - | members: | |
| 18 | + | (c) The task force is composed of the following members: | |
| 28 | 19 | (1) the chair of the House Committee on Defense and | |
| 29 | 20 | Veterans' Affairs; | |
| 30 | 21 | (2) the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran | |
| 31 | 22 | Affairs and Border Security; | |
| 32 | - | (3) a representative of the commission; | |
| 33 | - | (4) the chair of the Veterans County Service Officer | |
| 34 | - | Advisory Committee; | |
| 23 | + | (3) a representative of the Texas Veterans Commission; | |
| 24 | + | (4) officers from various regions of the state; and | |
| 35 | 25 | (5) a representative of the Texas Coalition of | |
| 36 | - | Veterans Organizations; | |
| 37 | - | (6) an officer representing a rural county selected by | |
| 38 | - | the chair of the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs; | |
| 39 | - | (7) an officer representing an urban county selected | |
| 40 | - | by the chair of the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' | |
| 41 | - | Affairs; | |
| 42 | - | (8) an officer representing a rural county selected by | |
| 43 | - | the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border | |
| 44 | - | Security; and | |
| 45 | - | (9) an officer representing an urban county selected | |
| 46 | - | by the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border | |
| 47 | - | Security. | |
| 48 | - | (d) The chairs of the House Committee on Defense and | |
| 49 | - | Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and | |
| 50 | - | Border Security serve as co-chairs of the task force. | |
| 51 | - | (e) A recommendation of the task force must be approved by a | |
| 52 | - | majority vote of the members of the task force. | |
| 53 | - | (f) Each member of the task force has one vote. | |
| 54 | - | (g) The task force shall: | |
| 26 | + | Veterans Organizations. | |
| 27 | + | (d) The task force shall: | |
| 55 | 28 | (1) examine the role and duties of officers in each | |
| 56 | 29 | county; | |
| 57 | 30 | (2) identify the regions of this state that are in need | |
| 58 | 31 | of officers; and | |
| 59 | 32 | (3) determine types and levels of support needed from | |
| 60 | 33 | this state in order for officers to appropriately advocate for the | |
| 61 | 34 | veterans served by the officers. | |
| 62 | - | (h) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall | |
| 63 | - | prepare and submit a report based on recommendations of the task | |
| 64 | - | force regarding the issues described in Subsection (g) to the | |
| 65 | - | Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border Security and House | |
| 66 | - | Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs. The report must be | |
| 67 | - | approved by a majority vote of the members of the task force. | |
| 68 | - | (i) This section expires January 1, 2021. | |
| 35 | + | (e) Not later than December 1, 2020, the task force shall | |
| 36 | + | prepare and submit a report on the issues described in Subsection | |
| 37 | + | (d) to the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border Security, | |
| 38 | + | House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs, and Texas | |
| 39 | + | Veterans Commission. | |
| 40 | + | (f) This section expires January 1, 2021. | |
| 69 | 41 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |