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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to charitable contributions by state employees to the fund |
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for veterans' assistance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 434.017(b), (c), and (e), Government |
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Code, as added by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (c) [and
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(e)], money in the fund may not be appropriated for any purpose. |
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(c) Money in the fund may be appropriated to the Texas |
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Veterans Commission to: |
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(1) enhance or improve veterans' assistance programs, |
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including veterans' representation and counseling; [and] |
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(2) make grants to [local communities to] address |
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veterans' needs; and |
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(3) administer the fund. |
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(e) The Texas Veterans Commission [comptroller] may solicit |
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and accept gifts and grants to the fund. [A gift or grant to the
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fund may be appropriated in the same manner as other money in the
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fund, subject to any limitation or requirement placed on the gift or
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grant by the donor or granting entity.] |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 434.0171 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 434.0171. STATE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND FOR |
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VETERANS' ASSISTANCE. For purposes of Subchapter I, Chapter 659: |
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(1) the Texas Veterans Commission, for the sole |
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purpose of managing the fund for veterans' assistance, is |
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considered an eligible charitable organization entitled to |
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participate in the state employee charitable campaign; and |
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(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a |
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deduction for contributions to the Texas Veterans Commission for |
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the purposes of managing the fund for veterans' assistance as a |
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charitable contribution under Section 659.132, and the Texas |
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Veterans Commission may use the contributions for the purposes |
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listed in Section 434.017(c), as added by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), |
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Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |