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| 1 | 1 | By: Watson S.B. No. 2576 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the authority of a commissioner of the Texas Workforce | |
| 7 | 7 | Commission. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 301.0015, Labor Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (e) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) through (d) or any | |
| 12 | 12 | other law, including case law, a member of the commission may take a | |
| 13 | 13 | position on issues regulated by, or affecting the operation of, the | |
| 14 | 14 | commission. A member of the commission may present the member's | |
| 15 | 15 | opinion or give advice regarding such an issue to a legislative | |
| 16 | 16 | committee or a member of the legislature. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 18 | 18 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 19 | 19 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |