By: Lucio S.B. No. 1676     (Gutierrez)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the veterans county service office.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 434.032(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  In a county with a population of 200,000 or more, the   commissioners court shall maintain a veterans county service   office. The office must [be]:                (1)  be separate and distinct from other county   offices; [and]                (2)  be staffed by at least one full-time employee; and                (3)  report directly to the commissioners court.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.