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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas Veterans Commission's authority to make |
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performance incentive awards for providing services to veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 434.017 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 434.017. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE AWARD. (a) The |
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commission may make a performance incentive award to an individual |
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or an entity for providing services to veterans as authorized by |
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Section 3(a) of the federal Jobs for Veterans Act (38 U.S.C. Section |
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4112). |
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(b) The performance incentive award may be monetary or |
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nonmonetary. |
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(c) A performance incentive award made under this section to |
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a state employee is not a promotion or a merit salary increase under |
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Chapter 659. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.264, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 310 passed the Senate on |
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March 14, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 310 passed the House on |
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May 17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |