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Bill would let large Texas counties designate an executive to oversee veterans county service offices
Summary
Senate Bill 651 would allow counties with populations of 200,000 or more to have their veterans county service offices report to a designated county executive official rather than directly to the commissioners court; Dallas County backed the change in testimony.
Senator West told the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs that Senate Bill 651 would modernize a statutory requirement about Veterans County Service Offices in large counties. "The code requires that the county and the county of over 200,000 or more of the commissioner's court shall maintain a Veterans County Service Office and that that office must report directly to the…
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