H.B. No. 1967
AN ACT
relating to use of sales and use tax proceeds by certain economic
development corporations for certain job-related skills training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 501.163 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.163. USE OF TAX REVENUE FOR JOB-RELATED SKILLS
TRAINING BY CERTAIN CORPORATIONS. (a) This section applies only to
a corporation the creation of which was authorized by a
municipality that:
(1) has a population of 10,000 or more;
(2) is located in a county bordering the Gulf of Mexico
or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; and
(3) has, or is included in a metropolitan statistical
area of this state that has, an unemployment rate that averaged at
least two percent above the state average for the most recent two
consecutive years for which statistics are available.
(b) A corporation may spend tax revenue received under this
subtitle for job training that consists of:
(1) providing job-related life skills sufficient to
enable an unemployed individual to obtain employment; and
(2) providing job training skills sufficient to enable
an unemployed individual to obtain employment.
(c) A corporation to which this section applies may contract
with any person to provide the job training authorized under this
section.
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, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the House on May 4,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 19, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor