SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
TIME & DATE:
1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 04, 2006
PLACE:
Betty King Committee Room
CHAIR:
Senator Leticia Van de Putte
The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations
will meet on October 4th, 2006, at 1:00pm.  The Committee will hear
invited and public testimony on the following interim charges:
 
1. Examine issues and problems with overseas military voting and explore
the possibility of establishing a single point of contact for Texas
military voters.  Consider requirements of the federal Uniformed and
Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act and review systems established in
other states.
 
2. Compile an inventory of state veterans' benefits, including health care
facilities and nursing homes across the state, the state veteran cemetery
system, job training programs, educational benefits, and re-employment
rights issues, and the Texas Veteran Land Board Loan Programs, and make
recommendations for improving efficiency and effectiveness.
 
3. Monitor implementation of legislation transferring the veteran
employment programs under the Texas Workforce Commission to the Texas
Veterans Commission.  Monitor the implementation of legislation
establishing a database in the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
that tracks veterans' usage of the Hazlewood higher education tuition
exemption.