1-1     By:  Truan                                            S.B. No. 1159
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 8, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
 1-4     Military Installations; April 3, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 3, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to improving the provision of state veteran services.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
1-11     amended by adding Section 434.0071 to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 434.0071.  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.  The commission
1-13     shall adopt a joint memorandum of understanding with the following
1-14     governmental entities to coordinate the provision of services to
1-15     state military veterans:
1-16                 (1)  the Texas Workforce Commission;
1-17                 (2)  the Veterans' Land Board; and
1-18                 (3)  any other agency of the state that administers a
1-19     program applicable only to veterans or the family members of
1-20     veterans.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-25     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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