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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Texas Coordinating Council for |
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Veterans Services and coordinating workgroups established by the |
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council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 434.153, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 434.153. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. The council is |
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composed of the director or executive head of the following |
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entities [agencies], or that person's designated representative: |
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(1) the Texas Veterans Commission; |
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(2) the Veterans' Land Board; |
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(3) the adjutant general's department; |
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(4) the Health and Human Services Commission; [and] |
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(5) the State Bar of Texas; |
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(6) the office of acquired brain injury of the Health |
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and Human Services Commission; |
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(7) the Department of State Health Services; |
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(8) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; |
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(9) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative |
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Services; |
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(10) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(11) the Texas Workforce Commission; |
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(12) the Texas Workforce Investment Council; |
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(13) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; |
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(14) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; |
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(15) the Department of Public Safety; |
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(16) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; |
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(17) the Commission on Jail Standards; |
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(18) the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer |
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Standards and Education; |
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(19) the Texas Department of Housing and Community |
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Affairs; |
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(20) the Texas Department of Transportation; |
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(21) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; and |
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(22) the Office of Public Utility Counsel. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 434.154, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 434.154. COORDINATING WORKGROUPS[; ADDITIONAL COUNCIL
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MEMBERS]. |
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SECTION 3. Subsections (a) and (g), Section 434.154, |
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Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The council may, by majority vote, establish the |
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following coordinating workgroups to focus on specific issues |
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affecting veterans, servicemembers, and their families: |
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(1) health or mental health; |
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(2) employment; |
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(3) higher education; |
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(4) criminal justice; |
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(5) housing; [and] |
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(6) transportation; |
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(7) women veterans; and |
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(8) any other coordinating workgroup considered |
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necessary. |
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(g) Each member of the council may invite organizations [one
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organization] or agencies [agency] that provide [provides] |
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services to veterans, servicemembers, and their families, but that |
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are [is] not otherwise members [a member] of the council, to each |
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designate a representative to participate in a coordinating |
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workgroup through procedures established by the council. |
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SECTION 4. Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), Section |
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434.154, Government Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |