| 1 | 1 | | By: Alvarado, J. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2478 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Senate Sponsor - Watson) |
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| 3 | 3 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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| 4 | 4 | | May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic |
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| 5 | 5 | | Development; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following |
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| 6 | 6 | | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the collection, study, and reporting by the Texas |
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| 12 | 12 | | Workforce Commission of certain information regarding shortages in |
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| 13 | 13 | | high-wage, high-demand occupations. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended by adding Section 302.019 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 302.019. OCCUPATIONAL SHORTAGE STUDY; REPORT. (a) |
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| 18 | 18 | | The commission shall gather and study information relating to |
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| 19 | 19 | | existing and projected shortages in high-wage, high-demand |
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| 20 | 20 | | occupations in this state. The study conducted by the commission |
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| 21 | 21 | | under this section must include information on existing and |
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| 22 | 22 | | projected shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations in |
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| 23 | 23 | | industrial job sectors, including: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) construction; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) manufacturing; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) agriculture; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) forestry; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) health care and social services; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) education; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (7) transportation and warehousing; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (8) mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (9) utilities; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (10) wholesale trade; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (11) retail trade; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (12) finance and insurance; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (13) professional, scientific, and technical |
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| 37 | 37 | | services; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (14) hospitality and food services. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the commission |
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| 40 | 40 | | shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker |
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| 41 | 41 | | of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer of each |
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| 42 | 42 | | standing committee or subcommittee of the legislature with primary |
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| 43 | 43 | | jurisdiction over workforce development matters a detailed report |
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| 44 | 44 | | summarizing the results of the commission's study under this |
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| 45 | 45 | | section for the most recent state fiscal year and any suggestions |
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| 46 | 46 | | and recommendations for legislative action the commission |
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| 47 | 47 | | considers appropriate resulting from that study. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall submit the |
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| 49 | 49 | | initial report to the governor and the legislature as required by |
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| 50 | 50 | | Section 302.019, Labor Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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| 51 | 51 | | January 1, 2015. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 53 | 53 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 54 | 54 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 57 | 57 | | * * * * * |
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