Robertson County Veterans Service Officer (Paul Baker), Hearne

Robertson County's Veterans Service Officer, Paul Baker, helps veterans and survivors with VA and State claims at 209 Cedar Street, Hearne (979-701-6900), on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the county budgets $23,633.83 for the office in FY2027 and keeps a separate veterans fund fed by juror donations.

Also called: VSO, CVSO, Veterans Service Officer, Paul Baker, 979-701-6900, 209 Cedar Street, Chuck Carlson, jury donations, County Veteran Service Office Fund, part-time, 434.032, Franklin, Hearne, Calvert, Bremond.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

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Robertson County, TXCounty

The office. Paul Baker, Veterans Service Officer, 209 Cedar Street, Hearne, Texas 77859; phone 979-701-6900. Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list still names Chuck Carlson, at 979-280-5994 with [email protected]. How the county funds it. General Fund department 0405, "Veterans Service Officer", is $23,633.83 in the FY2026-2027 budget (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027) adopted September 15, 2026, every member voting for it: the officer's salary $18,435.83 (FY2026 $17,898.87), FICA $1,411, retirement $1,697, supplies $400, travel $400, dues and subscriptions $750, $500 of "Misc./Veterans Outreach" and small technology lines. FY2026 budgeted $22,905.87, with $20,595.73 spent by the budget's cut-off; FY2025 spent $21,007.79. The veterans fund. Fund 0082, the "County Veteran Service Office Fund", takes juror donations (Government Code 61.003) - $1,100 in FY2024, $2,740 in FY2025 and $3,164 in FY2026 against $1,000 budgeted - and budgets $2,000 of donations and a $1,000 "Veteran Office Expense" line for FY2027, with an estimated fund balance of $8,530 going in. Reports. The officer files a monthly report, which the Commissioners Court places on record at its regular meetings (see the Court's entry).

Thresholds

Thresholds for Robertson County Veterans Service Officer (Paul Baker), Hearne
Gate	Rule
Veterans, dependents and survivors	The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

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