Bill Text: TX HB474 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Veterans County Service Officer Task Force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs [HB474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB474-Introduced.html
| By: Lopez | H.B. No. 474 | |
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| relating to the creation of the Texas Veterans County Service | ||
| Officer Task Force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 434.040 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 434.040. TEXAS VETERANS COUNTY SERVICE OFFICER TASK | ||
| FORCE. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Rural county" means a county with a population of | ||
| less than 200,000. | ||
| (2) "Task force" means the Texas Veterans County | ||
| Service Officer Task Force. | ||
| (3) "Urban county" means a county with a population of | ||
| 200,000 or more. | ||
| (b) The Texas Veterans County Service Officer Task Force is | ||
| established to study the impact and efficacy of officers in this | ||
| state. | ||
| (c) The task force is composed of the following nine | ||
| members: | ||
| (1) the chair of the House Committee on Defense and | ||
| Veterans' Affairs; | ||
| (2) the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran | ||
| Affairs and Border Security; | ||
| (3) a representative of the commission; | ||
| (4) the chair of the Veterans County Service Officer | ||
| Advisory Committee; | ||
| (5) a representative of the Texas Coalition of | ||
| Veterans Organizations; | ||
| (6) an officer representing a rural county selected by | ||
| the chair of the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs; | ||
| (7) an officer representing an urban county selected | ||
| by the chair of the House Committee on Defense and Veterans' | ||
| Affairs; | ||
| (8) an officer representing a rural county selected by | ||
| the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border | ||
| Security; and | ||
| (9) an officer representing an urban county selected | ||
| by the chair of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border | ||
| Security. | ||
| (d) The chairs of the House Committee on Defense and | ||
| Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and | ||
| Border Security serve as co-chairs of the task force. | ||
| (e) A recommendation of the task force must be approved by a | ||
| majority vote of the members of the task force. | ||
| (f) Each member of the task force has one vote. | ||
| (g) The task force shall: | ||
| (1) examine the role and duties of officers in each | ||
| county; | ||
| (2) identify the regions of this state that are in need | ||
| of officers; and | ||
| (3) determine types and levels of support needed from | ||
| this state in order for officers to appropriately advocate for the | ||
| veterans served by the officers. | ||
| (h) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commission shall | ||
| prepare and submit a report based on recommendations of the task | ||
| force regarding the issues described in Subsection (g) to the | ||
| Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Border Security and House | ||
| Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs. The report must be | ||
| approved by a majority vote of the members of the task force. | ||
| (i) This section expires January 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
