88R10756 RDS-D
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 1693
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans
  benefits and services poster in the workplace.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Chapter 319 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 319. POSTING OF INFORMATION ABOUT BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR
  VETERANS
         Sec. 319.001.  VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES POSTER. (a)  
  In this section, "employer" means a person who employs at least 50
  employees.
         (b)  The commission shall, in consultation with the Texas
  Veterans Commission, create and distribute to each employer in this
  state a veterans benefits and services poster containing
  information relating to:
               (1)  how an employee may:
                     (A)  apply for unemployment compensation benefits
  under Subtitle A and unemployment compensation benefits that may be
  offered under a program administered by an agency of the federal
  government;
                     (B)  contact the Texas Veterans Commission,
  including how an employee may access the Internet website
  maintained by the Texas Veterans Commission and the veterans crisis
  hotline established by the United States Department of Veterans
  Affairs under 38 U.S.C. Section 1720F;
                     (C)  exercise any tax benefits or preferences
  offered to veterans under the Tax Code or Internal Revenue Code of
  1986; and
                     (D)  obtain a driver's license or personal
  identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety; and
               (2)  services that may be available to veterans in this
  state, including:
                     (A)  education, workforce placement, and training
  programs;
                     (B)  legal assistance; and
                     (C)  substance abuse and mental health treatment.
         (c)  Each employer shall display the veterans benefits and
  services poster distributed by the commission under this section in
  a conspicuous place in the employer's place of business that is
  accessible to all employees.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas
  Workforce Commission shall, in consultation with the Texas Veterans
  Commission, create and distribute the veterans benefits and
  services poster as required by Section 319.001, Labor Code, as
  added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.