Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	By: Alvarado, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1155
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
3	3	May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
4	4	Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported
5	5	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2; May 22, 2015, sent
6	6	to printer.)
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9	9	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	10	AN ACT
11	11	relating to the creation of the Recruit Texas Program to facilitate
12	12	the relocation to or expansion in this state of employers offering
13	13	complex or high-skilled employment opportunities.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
16	16	adding Chapter 316 to read as follows:
17	17	CHAPTER 316. RECRUIT TEXAS PROGRAM
18	18	Sec. 316.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
19	19	(1) "Program" means the Recruit Texas Program
20	20	established under this chapter.
21	21	(2) "Public junior college" and "public technical
22	22	institute" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003, Education
23	23	Code.
24	24	Sec. 316.002. RECRUIT TEXAS PROGRAM. (a) The Recruit Texas
25	25	Program is established within the commission.
26	26	(b) The purpose of the program is to provide an intensive
27	27	and rapid response to, and support services for, employers
28	28	expanding in or relocating their operations to this state, with a
29	29	focus on recruiting employers who will provide complex or
30	30	high-skilled employment opportunities in this state.
31	31	(c) Under the program, the commission shall provide
32	32	leadership and direction to, and linkage among, out-of-state
33	33	employers, economic development organizations, local workforce
34	34	development boards, public junior colleges, and public technical
35	35	institutes to address the employers' needs for recruitment and
36	36	hiring for complex or high-skilled employment positions as
37	37	necessary to facilitate employers' relocation to or expansion of
38	38	operations in this state.
39	39	Sec. 316.003. GRANTS. (a) Under the program, the commission
40	40	may award grants to a public junior college or public technical
41	41	institute to assist the college or institute to develop:
42	42	(1) customize training programs specific business
43	43	needs;
44	44	(2) fast track curriculum development;
45	45	(3) instructor certification necessary to provide
46	46	workforce training;
47	47	(4) funding for training equipment that leads to
48	48	certification and employment; and
49	49	(5) other related support services to employers who
50	50	commit to establishing a place of business in this state.
51	51	(b) The executive director, or a person appointed by the
52	52	executive director who is knowledgeable in the administration of
53	53	grants, is responsible for the distribution of grant money under
54	54	the program.
55	55	Sec. 316.004. FUNDING; USE OF FUNDS. (a) The commission,
56	56	for the purposes of this section, may use:
57	57	(1) money appropriated to the commission; and
58	58	(2) money from other appropriate, statutorily
59	59	authorized funding sources, including the JET program.
60	60	(b) The commission may commit money under the program to an
61	61	out-of-state employer contingent on the employer's establishment
62	62	or expansion of business operations in this state.
63	63	(c) Under the program, money may not be used to pay any
64	64	training costs or other related costs of an employer to relocate the
65	65	employer's worksite from one location in this state to another
66	66	location in this state.
67	67	Sec. 316.005. RULES. The commission may adopt rules as
68	68	necessary to implement this chapter.
69	69	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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