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AN ACT
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relating to a study on homeless veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2306, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter OO to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER OO. HOMELESS VETERANS |
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Sec. 2306.1101. STUDY ON HOMELESS VETERANS. (a) The |
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department, in conjunction with other members of the Texas |
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Interagency Council for the Homeless established under Subchapter |
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KK, shall conduct a study and prepare a report on homeless veterans. |
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(b) The report prepared under this section must: |
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(1) include a summary of the information resulting |
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from the study; |
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(2) note any significant assumptions made in preparing |
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the report, including the definition of "homelessness" that was |
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used to prepare the report and the reason that definition was used; |
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(3) summarize the status of the homeless veteran |
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population in this state and note any trends observed in the |
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previous three calendar years; |
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(4) based on input from the Texas Veterans Commission |
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and the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless, describe the |
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statewide and major local entities serving homeless veteran |
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populations, and the funding sources of those entities; and |
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(5) provide recommendations, including |
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recommendations made by the Texas Interagency Council for the |
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Homeless, to improve the effectiveness of this state's approach to |
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addressing homelessness among veterans, including any recommended |
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changes to state law. |
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(c) The department shall submit the report required by this |
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section to the legislature not later than December 1, 2016. |
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(d) This subchapter expires September 1, 2017. |
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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, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1580 passed the Senate on |
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May 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1580 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 111, |
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Nays 31, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |