81R2044 KSD-D
By: Deshotel H.B. No. 161
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to block grant funding for certain workforce training and
employment programs and functions by the Texas Workforce
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 302.062(g), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) A program or function described by this subsection may
not be funded by block grant unless the block grant funding is
specifically authorized for the program or function under other
state law [Block grant funding under this section does not apply
to]:
(1) the work and family policies program under Chapter
81;
(2) a program under the skills development fund
created under Chapter 303;
(3) the job counseling program for displaced
homemakers under Chapter 304;
(4) the Communities In Schools program under
Subchapter E, Chapter 33, Education Code, to the extent that funds
are available to the commission for that program;
(5) the functions of the employment service [the
reintegration of offenders program under Chapter 306];
(6) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133,
Education Code;
(7) the continuity of care program under Section
501.095, Government Code;
(8) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human
Resources Code;
(9) the senior citizens employment program under
Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
(10) the programs described by Section 302.021(b)(2);
(11) the community service program under the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.);
(12) [the trade adjustment assistance program under
Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et
seq.);
[(13)] the programs to enhance the employment
opportunities of veterans; and
(13) [(14)] the functions of the State Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.