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