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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office |
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report to the commissioners court or the county's chief |
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administrator. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 434.032, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) In a county with a population of 200,000 or more, the |
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commissioners court shall maintain a veterans county service |
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office. The office must: |
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(1) be separate and distinct from other county |
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offices; |
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(2) be staffed by at least one full-time employee; and |
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(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), report |
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directly to the commissioners court. |
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(c) A commissioners court that maintains a veterans county |
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service office may order the office to report directly to the |
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county's chief administrator. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |