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By: Flores, Martinez, Leibowitz |
H.B. No. 2217 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009; |
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May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran |
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Affairs and Military Installations; May 8, 2009, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 8, 2009, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to partnering with the United States Department of |
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Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies to establish a veterans |
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hospital in the Rio Grande Valley region of the state. |
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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 434.019 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 434.019. VETERANS HOSPITAL. (a) The Texas Veterans |
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Commission and the Department of State Health Services shall work |
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with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and any other |
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appropriate federal agency to propose that the federal government |
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establish a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley region of the |
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state. |
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(b) The state may contribute money, property, and other |
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resources to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a |
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veterans hospital described by this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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