Tex. Gov't Code Section 657.002
Individuals Qualified for Military Employment Preference

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.
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: Section 657.002 — Individuals Qualified for Military Employment Preference, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­657.­htm#657.­002 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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