Sec. 434.033. OFFICERS. (a) A commissioners court that maintains and operates an office shall appoint a veterans county service officer and the number of assistant veterans county service officers that it considers necessary.
(b) To be appointed as an officer a person must:
(1) be qualified by education and training for the duties of the office;
(2) be experienced in the law, regulations, and rulings of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs controlling cases that come before the commission; and
(3) have the service experience specified by Subsection (c) or be:
(A) a widowed Gold Star Mother or unremarried widow of a serviceman or veteran whose death resulted from service;
(B) the spouse of a disabled veteran who has a total disability rating based either on having a service-connected disability with a disability rating of 100 percent or on individual unemployability; or
(C) the spouse of a retired veteran who served a minimum of 20 years on active duty.
(c) To meet the service experience requirement of Subsection (b)(3) a person must have:
(1) served on active duty in a branch of the armed forces of the United States;
(2) served for at least four months or have a service-connected disability; and
(3) been honorably discharged.
(d) An officer serves at the pleasure of the commissioners court.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 364, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1194 (H.B. 3872), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 701 (H.B. 906), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.
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