| 1 | 1 | | 81R1757 BEF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Allen, Leibowitz H.B. No. 4054 |
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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 the use of state institutions of higher education to |
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| 8 | 8 | | provide training to state agency employees. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 656.043, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 656.043. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this |
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| 13 | 13 | | subchapter: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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| 15 | 15 | | assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) "State[, "state] agency" means a department, |
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| 17 | 17 | | agency, or institution of this state, including an institution of |
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| 18 | 18 | | higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 656.049, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 20 | 20 | | read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 656.049. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. (a) A state agency |
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| 22 | 22 | | may contract with another state, local, or federal department, |
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| 23 | 23 | | agency, or institution, including a state-supported college or |
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| 24 | 24 | | university, to train or educate its administrators and employees or |
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| 25 | 25 | | may join in presenting a training or educational program. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) A state agency may not contract with a private person to |
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| 27 | 27 | | train or educate a state agency administrator or employee if the |
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| 28 | 28 | | agency is required under Section 656.050 to use an institution of |
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| 29 | 29 | | higher education to provide the training or education. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 656, Government Code, is |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended by adding Section 656.050 to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 656.050. TRAINING PROVIDED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER |
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| 33 | 33 | | EDUCATION. (a) A state agency shall use an institution of higher |
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| 34 | 34 | | education to provide training or education to its administrators |
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| 35 | 35 | | and employees if the institution can provide the training or |
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| 36 | 36 | | education: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) at a comparable level of quality but at a lower |
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| 38 | 38 | | cost to the agency; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) on the subject matter required by the state |
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| 40 | 40 | | agency; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) in the geographic area in which the state agency |
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| 42 | 42 | | administrator or employee is located; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (4) not later than the date the agency requires the |
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| 44 | 44 | | training or education to be completed; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (5) according to a schedule acceptable to the agency. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) A state agency may use an institution of higher |
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| 47 | 47 | | education to supplement or enhance the training or education |
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| 48 | 48 | | provided by full-time state agency employees to the agency's other |
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| 49 | 49 | | employees. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 4. Section 656.049, Government Code, as amended by |
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| 51 | 51 | | this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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| 52 | 52 | | effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the |
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| 53 | 53 | | effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the |
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| 54 | 54 | | contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect |
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| 55 | 55 | | for that purpose. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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