| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas |
|
|
Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by |
|
|
political subdivisions. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 370, Local Government |
|
|
Code, is amended to read as follows: |
|
|
CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO [MUNICIPAL AND |
|
|
COUNTY] HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL |
|
|
GOVERNMENT |
|
|
SECTION 2. Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended |
|
|
by adding Section 370.007 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 370.007. APPOINTING OR EMPLOYING CERTAIN VETERANS TO |
|
|
POSITION REQUIRING LICENSURE. (a) In this section, "commission" |
|
|
means the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. |
|
|
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision |
|
|
that appoints or employs a person to hold a position that requires |
|
|
the person to be licensed by the commission may appoint or employ a |
|
|
legal permanent resident of the United States to hold the position |
|
|
if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces |
|
|
of the United States and holds the appropriate license issued by the |
|
|
commission. |
|
|
SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 1701.3095 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 1701.3095. LICENSING OF CERTAIN VETERANS WHO ARE LEGAL |
|
|
PERMANENT RESIDENTS. The commission shall issue a license the |
|
|
commission is authorized to issue to a person who is a legal |
|
|
permanent resident of the United States if the person: |
|
|
(1) meets the requirements of this chapter and the |
|
|
commission's rules for the license; and |
|
|
(2) is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed |
|
|
forces of the United States. |
|
|
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
|
|
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall amend |
|
|
rules as necessary to comply with Section 1701.3095, Occupations |
|
|
Code, as added by this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |