Section 434.032 - Creation(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.(b) In a county with a population of less than 200,000, the commissioners court, by a majority vote of its full membership, may maintain and operate a veterans county service office if the commissioners court determines that the office is a public necessity to enable county residents who are veterans to promptly, properly, and rightfully obtain benefits to which they are entitled.(c) The commissioners court of a county that maintains an office: (1) may not consider donations made to the office under Article 42A.304(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 61.003 for purposes of determining the county's budget for the office; and (2) may use donations described by Subdivision (1) only to supplement, rather than supplant, amounts budgeted by the county for the office. Tex. Gov't. Code § 434.032
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 306,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 934,Sec. 11.03, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 565,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1124,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.