By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2048
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border
Security; April 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance to provide
pro bono legal services to veterans and active duty service
members.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 434.017(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) Money in the fund may only be appropriated to the Texas
Veterans Commission. Money appropriated under this subsection
shall be used to:
(1) make grants to address veterans' needs;
(2) make grants to provide pro bono legal services to
veterans, active duty members of the United States armed forces,
and members of the state military forces;
(3) administer the fund; and
(4) [(3)] analyze and investigate data received from
the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS)
that is administered by the Administration for Children and
Families of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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