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| 1 | 1 | 86R3660 AAF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 216 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office | |
| 8 | 8 | report to the commissioners court or the county's chief | |
| 9 | 9 | administrator. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 434.032, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | |
| 13 | 13 | follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) In a county with a population of 200,000 or more, the | |
| 15 | 15 | commissioners court shall maintain a veterans county service | |
| 16 | 16 | office. The office must: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) be separate and distinct from other county | |
| 18 | 18 | offices; | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) be staffed by at least one full-time employee; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) except as provided by Subsection (c), report | |
| 21 | 21 | directly to the commissioners court. | |
| 22 | 22 | (c) A commissioners court that maintains a veterans county | |
| 23 | 23 | service office may order the office to report directly to the | |
| 24 | 24 | county's chief administrator. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |