Interim Committee Charges

Texas House of Representatives 81st Legislature

Speaker Joe Straus - November 2009

1. House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs (Page 10)
   Evaluate the advantages, including potential cost savings, of centralizing call center activities for referral to benefits providers for veterans.
2. House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs (page 10) and House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence (Page 8)
   Monitor the implementation of SB 1940 (81R), which established veterans court programs in Texas, and examine the link between combat stress disorders of war veterans, including post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, and the onset of criminal behavior. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs
3. House Committee on Elections (Page 11)
   Study ways the state can enhance military and overseas voters' ability to obtain and return balloting materials and reduce burdens on those voters' exercise of their right to vote. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs

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