Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1		-	By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1351
2		-	(Zerwas)
	1	+	S.B. No. 1351
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to transferring to the Texas Workforce Commission certain
8	6		duties of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education for
9	7		Texans Grant Program.
10	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	9		SECTION 1. Section 134.001, Education Code, is amended by
12	10		adding Subdivision (1) to read as follows:
13	11		(1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
14	12		Commission.
15	13		SECTION 2. Section 134.002(a), Education Code, is amended
16	14		to read as follows:
17	15		(a) The commission [comptroller] shall establish and
18	16		administer the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) fund as a
19	17		dedicated account in the general revenue fund.
20	18		SECTION 3. Section 134.003, Education Code, is amended to
21	19		read as follows:
22	20		Sec. 134.003. ADVISORY BOARD. (a) An advisory board of
23	21		education and workforce stakeholders is created to assist the
24	22		commission [comptroller] in administering this chapter.
25	23		(b) The advisory board is composed of six [seven] members
26	24		who serve two-year terms and are appointed as follows:
27	25		(1) one member appointed by the governor;
28	26		(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;
29	27		(3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of
30	28		representatives;
31	29		(4) one member appointed by the Texas Higher Education
32	30		Coordinating Board;
33	31		(5) one member appointed by the commission [Texas
34	32		Workforce Commission]; and
35	33		(6) the chair of the commission [one member of the
36	34		public appointed by the comptroller; and
37	35		[(7) the comptroller], who serves as the presiding
38	36		officer.
39	37		(c) The advisory board shall meet at least once each
40	38		quarter, or as needed, to review received applications and
41	39		recommend awarding grants under this chapter.
42	40		SECTION 4. Section 134.004(a), Education Code, is amended
43	41		to read as follows:
44	42		(a) The commission [comptroller] shall establish and
45	43		administer the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to
46	44		provide grants to public junior colleges and public technical
47	45		institutes that apply to the advisory board in the manner
48	46		prescribed by the advisory board. The commission [comptroller]
49	47		shall award the grants on the advice and recommendations of the
50	48		advisory board.
51	49		SECTION 5. Sections 134.006(a), (c), and (d), Education
52	50		Code, are amended to read as follows:
53	51		(a) The commission [comptroller] may award a grant for the
54	52		development of new career and technical education courses or
55	53		programs at public junior colleges and public technical institutes.
56	54		(c) In awarding a grant under this section, the commission
57	55		[comptroller] shall primarily consider the potential economic
58	56		returns to the state from the development of the career and
59	57		technical education course or program. The commission
60	58		[comptroller] may also consider whether the course or program:
61	59		(1) is part of a new, emerging industry or high-demand
62	60		occupation;
63	61		(2) offers new or expanded dual credit career and
64	62		technical educational opportunities in public high schools; or
65	63		(3) is provided in cooperation with other public
66	64		junior colleges or public technical institutes across existing
67	65		service areas.
68	66		(d) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
69	67		public junior college or public technical institute must provide
70	68		matching funds in accordance with rules adopted under Section
71	69		134.008. The matching funds may be obtained from any source
72	70		available to the junior college or technical institute, including
73	71		[in-kind contributions,] industry consortia, community or
74	72		foundation grants, individual contributions, and local
75	73		governmental agency operating funds.
76	74		SECTION 6. Section 134.008, Education Code, is amended to
77	75		read as follows:
78	76		Sec. 134.008. RULES. The commission [comptroller] shall
79	77		adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this chapter.
80	78		SECTION 7. (a) Not later than September 1, 2015:
81	79		(1) the administration of the Jobs and Education for
82	80		Texans Grant Program shall be transferred from the comptroller of
83	81		public accounts to the Texas Workforce Commission;
84	82		(2) all rules, forms, policies, procedures, or
85	83		decisions of the comptroller that are related to the Jobs and
86	84		Education for Texans Grant Program are continued in effect as
87	85		rules, forms, policies, procedures, or decisions of the Texas
88	86		Workforce Commission until superseded by a rule or other
89	87		appropriate act of the Texas Workforce Commission;
90	88		(3) all money, obligations, memoranda of
91	89		understanding, leases, rights, and contracts, including grant
92	90		agreements, of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education
93	91		for Texans Grant Program are transferred to the Texas Workforce
94	92		Commission, and the Texas Workforce Commission assumes, without a
95	93		change in status, the position of the comptroller in all
96	94		transferred contracts, including grant agreements, related to the
97	95		Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program;
98	96		(4) records in the custody of the comptroller related
99	97		to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program are transferred
100	98		to and become the property of the Texas Workforce Commission; and
101	99		(5) a reference in law or administrative rule to the
102	100		comptroller relating to the administration of the Jobs and
103	101		Education for Texans Grant Program means the Texas Workforce
104	102		Commission.
105	103		(b) Before the transfer of the administration of the Jobs
106	104		and Education for Texans Grant Program, the comptroller of public
107	105		accounts and the Texas Workforce Commission shall coordinate the
108	106		transfer of powers and duties, including records, appropriations,
109	107		disbursements, compliance audits, monitoring and enforcement, and
110	108		other items, to ensure a smooth transition.
111	109		SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
112	110		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
113	111		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
114	112		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
115	113		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	114	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	115	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	116	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1351 passed the Senate on
	117	+	April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	118	+	______________________________
	119	+	Secretary of the Senate
	120	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1351 passed the House on
	121	+	May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1,
	122	+	two present not voting.
	123	+	______________________________
	124	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	125	+	Approved:
	126	+	______________________________
	127	+	Date
	128	+	______________________________
	129	+	Governor