Tex. Gov't Code § 657.002 · Chapter 657. MILITARY EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCES
INDIVIDUALS QUALIFIED FOR MILITARY EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following individuals qualify for a military employment preference:
(1) a veteran, including a veteran with a disability;
(2) a veteran's surviving spouse who has not remarried;
(3) an orphan of a veteran if the veteran was killed while on active duty;
(4) the spouse of a member of the United States armed forces or Texas National Guard serving on active duty; and
(5) the spouse of a veteran if the spouse is the primary source of income for the household and the veteran has a total disability rating based either on having a service-connected disability with a disability rating of at least 70 percent or on individual unemployability.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 854, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 195 (S.B. 805), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (S.B. 1376), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.657.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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