81R10555 KSD-F
By: Chavez, Moody, Harless, Pickett, Button H.B. No. 2169
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of additional job incentive programs
by the Texas Workforce Commission using the skills development
fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The commission by rule may establish and develop
additional job incentive programs that use the skills development
fund to create incentives for public community and technical
colleges in partnership with one or more employers, including
prospective employers who commit to establishing a place of
business in this state, to provide workforce training in an effort
to create and retain employment opportunities in this state. Under
a program established under this subsection, the commission may
commit money to a prospective employer described by this subsection
contingent on the employer's establishment of a place of business
in this state.
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.