{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-657.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 657.002","heading":"INDIVIDUALS QUALIFIED FOR MILITARY EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE.","body":"The following individuals qualify for a military employment preference:\n(1) a veteran, including a veteran with a disability;\n(2) a veteran's surviving spouse who has not remarried;\n(3) an orphan of a veteran if the veteran was killed while on active duty;\n(4) the spouse of a member of the United States armed forces or Texas National Guard serving on active duty; and\n(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.\nAdded 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.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 195 (S.B. 805), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (S.B. 1376), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 657. MILITARY EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.657.htm#657.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"8b30aad3b3ffdfcc5ce36d5ea6e4ee1a26101c15a69fc96255cd341a89cd9aff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-657.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-657.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}