By: Zaffirini, et al. S.B. No. 2048
 
  (Miller)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance to provide
  pro bono legal services to veterans and active duty service
  members.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 434.017(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  Money in the fund may only be appropriated to the Texas
  Veterans Commission.  Money appropriated under this subsection
  shall be used to:
               (1)  make grants to address veterans' needs;
               (2)  make grants to provide pro bono legal services to
  veterans, active duty members of the United States armed forces,
  and members of the state military forces;
               (3)  administer the fund; and
               (4) [(3)]  analyze and investigate data received from
  the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS)
  that is administered by the Administration for Children and
  Families of the United States Department of Health and Human
  Services.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.