83R6999 MMC-F
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 2478
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection, analysis, and reporting of certain job
and skills shortage information by the Texas Workforce Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 302.019 to read as follows:
Sec. 302.019. JOB AND SKILL SHORTAGE ANALYSIS; REPORT. (a)
The commission shall gather and analyze information relating to
existing job and skills shortages in this state. The analysis
conducted by the commission under this section must include:
(1) an analysis of job and skills shortages in
industrial job sectors, including:
(A) construction;
(B) manufacturing;
(C) agriculture;
(D) forestry;
(E) fishing;
(F) hunting;
(G) health care and social services;
(H) education;
(I) transportation and warehousing;
(J) mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction;
(K) utilities;
(L) wholesale trade;
(M) retail trade;
(N) finance and insurance;
(O) professional, scientific, and technical
services; and
(P) hospitality and food services;
(2) a breakdown of job and skills shortages by:
(A) sex;
(B) race;
(C) ethnicity;
(D) age;
(E) familial status; and
(F) geographic region; and
(3) 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year projections for job
and skills shortages in the categories described by Subdivisions
(1) and (2).
(b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the commission
shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker
of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer of each
standing committee or subcommittee of the legislature with primary
jurisdiction over workforce development matters a detailed report
summarizing the results of the commission's analysis under this
section for the most recent state fiscal year and any suggestions
and recommendations for legislative action the commission
considers appropriate resulting from that analysis.
SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall submit the
initial report to the governor and the legislature as required by
Section 302.019, Labor Code, as added by this Act, not later than
January 1, 2015.
SECTION 3. 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.