By: Willis H.B. No. 216
73R1630 MJW-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the appointment or employment of veterans by public
1-3 agencies.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 357, Acts of the 49th
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1945 (Article 4413(31), Vernon's
1-7 Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 1. From and after the effective date of this Act, in
1-9 every public department, commission, board, and government agency,
1-10 and upon all public works of this State, all honorably discharged
1-11 soldiers, sailors, marines, members of the air corps and coast
1-12 guard of the United States, nurses in military service of the
1-13 United States, and all women in military service of the United
1-14 States in the different auxiliary services thereof, <in the
1-15 Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief
1-16 Expedition, World War I and World War II, or in any other military
1-17 conflict in which the United States of America has been a
1-18 participant, or the war in Korea after June 24, 1950, or the Viet
1-19 Nam conflict after July, 1953,> and the widows and orphans of such
1-20 personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States, who are and
1-21 have been citizens of Texas for not less than five (5) years
1-22 preceding the date of application in pursuance of this Act, and are
1-23 competent and fully qualified, shall be entitled to preference in
1-24 appointment or employment over other applicants for the same
2-1 position having no greater qualification; provided, that this Act
2-2 shall not apply or benefit any person who was a conscientious
2-3 objector at the time of his or her discharge from any of the
2-4 military services herein mentioned.
2-5 SECTION 2. Chapter 357, Acts of the 49th Legislature,
2-6 Regular Session, 1945 (Article 4413(31), Vernon's Texas Civil
2-7 Statutes), is amended by adding Section 9 to read as follows:
2-8 Sec. 9. An employing entity subject to this Act shall file
2-9 quarterly with the Texas Veterans Commission a report that states:
2-10 (1) the percentage of the total number of employees
2-11 hired during the reporting period who are persons entitled to
2-12 preference under this Act; and
2-13 (2) the percentage of the total number of the entity's
2-14 employees who are persons entitled to preference under this Act.
2-15 SECTION 3. An employing entity subject to Section 9, Chapter
2-16 357, Acts of the 49th Legislature, Regular Session, 1945 (Article
2-17 4413(31), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act,
2-18 shall file the initial required report not later than December 31,
2-19 1993, and shall file the second required report not later than
2-20 March 31, 1994.
2-21 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-22 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.