H.B. No. 2169
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2169 was passed by the House on April
9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 2169 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 2169 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2169 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
2169 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor