By: West S.B. No. 651

(In the Senate - Filed December 18, 2024; February 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs; April 2, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 2, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 651 By: Hall

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 434.032(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) In a county with a population of 200,000 or more, the commissioners court shall maintain a veterans county service office. The office must:

(1) be separate and distinct from other county offices;

(2) be staffed by at least one full-time employee; and

(3) report directly to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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