By: Campbell S.B. No. 832

(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2015; March 3, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; March 16, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 16, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the coordinating workgroups of the Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 434.154(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The council may, by majority vote, establish the following coordinating workgroups to focus on specific issues affecting veterans, servicemembers, and their families:

(1) health;

(2) [or] mental health;

(3) [(2)] employment;

(4) [(3)] higher education;

(5) [(4)] criminal justice;

(6) [(5)] housing;

(7) [(6)] transportation;

(8) [(7)] women veterans; and

(9) [(8)] any other coordinating workgroup considered necessary.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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