Tex. Local Government Code § 370.009
APPOINTING OR EMPLOYING CERTAIN VETERANS TO POSITION REQUIRING LICENSURE
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- Tex. Local Government Code § 370.009, APPOINTING OR EMPLOYING CERTAIN VETERANS TO POSITION REQUIRING LICENSURE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/693066
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(a) In this section, "commission" means the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision that appoints or employs a person to hold a position that requires the person to be licensed by the commission may appoint or employ a legal permanent resident of the United States to hold the position if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States with at least two years of service before discharge and holds the appropriate license issued by the commission.
(c) A political subdivision may not appoint or employ a person under this section to hold a supervisory position until the person becomes a United States citizen.