| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance to provide |
|
|
grants to support veterans county service offices. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 434.017, Government Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Subsection (c-3) and amending Subsection (d) to read as |
|
|
follows: |
|
|
(c-3) In making the grants required under Subsection (c), |
|
|
the Texas Veterans Commission shall use at least five percent of the |
|
|
money appropriated to the commission under that subsection in each |
|
|
state fiscal year to provide grants to veterans county service |
|
|
offices created as provided by Section 434.032. A veterans county |
|
|
service office that receives a grant under Subsection (c) shall use |
|
|
the money to provide direct assistance and services to veterans |
|
|
residing in the county served by that office. On July 1 of each |
|
|
state fiscal year, if the commission has not received sufficient |
|
|
grant requests from veterans county service offices to make grants |
|
|
to the offices in the amount of five percent of the money |
|
|
appropriated to the commission under Subsection (c) in that state |
|
|
fiscal year, the commission may use any amount of the five percent |
|
|
remaining on that date for any purpose authorized under that |
|
|
subsection. This subsection may not be construed to prevent the |
|
|
commission from using more than five percent of the money |
|
|
appropriated to the commission under Subsection (c) to provide |
|
|
grants to veterans county service offices. |
|
|
(d) The Texas Veterans Commission may adopt rules governing |
|
|
the award of grants by the commission under this section. The |
|
|
commission shall adopt rules governing the award of grants to |
|
|
veterans county service offices under Subsection (c-3). |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |