| 1 | 1 | | 81R2044 KSD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Deshotel H.B. No. 161 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to block grant funding for certain workforce training and |
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| 8 | 8 | | employment programs and functions by the Texas Workforce |
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| 9 | 9 | | Commission. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 302.062(g), Labor Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (g) A program or function described by this subsection may |
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| 14 | 14 | | not be funded by block grant unless the block grant funding is |
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| 15 | 15 | | specifically authorized for the program or function under other |
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| 16 | 16 | | state law [Block grant funding under this section does not apply |
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| 17 | 17 | | to]: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the work and family policies program under Chapter |
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| 19 | 19 | | 81; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) a program under the skills development fund |
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| 21 | 21 | | created under Chapter 303; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) the job counseling program for displaced |
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| 23 | 23 | | homemakers under Chapter 304; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) the Communities In Schools program under |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subchapter E, Chapter 33, Education Code, to the extent that funds |
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| 26 | 26 | | are available to the commission for that program; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) the functions of the employment service [the |
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| 28 | 28 | | reintegration of offenders program under Chapter 306]; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Education Code; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (7) the continuity of care program under Section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 501.095, Government Code; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (8) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human |
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| 34 | 34 | | Resources Code; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (9) the senior citizens employment program under |
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| 36 | 36 | | Chapter 101, Human Resources Code; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (10) the programs described by Section 302.021(b)(2); |
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| 38 | 38 | | (11) the community service program under the National |
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| 39 | 39 | | and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.); |
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| 40 | 40 | | (12) [the trade adjustment assistance program under |
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| 41 | 41 | | Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et |
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| 42 | 42 | | seq.); |
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| 43 | 43 | | [(13)] the programs to enhance the employment |
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| 44 | 44 | | opportunities of veterans; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (13) [(14)] the functions of the State Occupational |
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| 46 | 46 | | Information Coordinating Committee. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 48 | 48 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 49 | 49 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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