83R10453 KSD-D By: Alvarado H.B. No. 2481 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: (b-2) In addition to the programs established under Subsection (b-1), the commission by rule may establish and develop additional programs using the skills development fund under which public community and technical colleges provide customized workforce training opportunities designed specifically to meet regional emerging future industry and workforce training needs identified by the commission for purposes of this subsection. 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.