Sec. 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.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1124 (S.B. 1676), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 565 (S.B. 456), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3774), Sec. 11.03, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 306 (H.B. 541), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.