85R11678 JG-D     By: Uresti H.B. No. 2515       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of a veterans self-help center.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 434.0195 to read as follows:          Sec. 434.0195.  VETERANS SELF-HELP CENTER. (a) The Texas   Veterans Commission shall establish a veterans self-help center in   a municipality with a population of more than 1.3 million located in   a county in which three or more locations of a joint military base   are located.          (b)  In determining a location for the self-help center, the   commission shall ensure that the center is located in an area of the   municipality without United States Department of Veterans Affairs   offices and treatment centers.          (c)  The self-help center must provide access to appropriate   veterans services and resources, including through staff and   information technology services. The commission shall coordinate   with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and any other   appropriate state or federal agency, as necessary, to carry out the   functions of the self-help center.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.