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Tex. Gov't Code § 657.002

INDIVIDUALS QUALIFIED FOR MILITARY EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff

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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.