By: Flynn (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2530
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
  May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
  Affairs & Border Security; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the development by the Texas Veterans Commission of an
  online repository of information of use to active duty military
  relocating to this state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 434.026 to read as follows:
         Sec. 434.026.  ONLINE REPOSITORY FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY.
  (a)  The Texas Veterans Commission shall develop and maintain on the
  state electronic Internet portal project described by Section
  2054.252 an online repository of information of use to active duty
  members of the United States armed forces and their families
  relocating to this state.
         (b)  The repository under Subsection (a) must include
  information on assistance, fee waivers, and programs the state
  provides to active duty members of the United States armed forces
  and their families related to occupational and professional
  licenses, education, and health care.
         (c)  A link to the repository developed under Subsection (a)
  must be prominently displayed on the public home page of the state
  electronic Internet portal project described by Section 2054.252.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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