85R6612 SMT-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 1973
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to enhanced employment services for veterans and military
servicemembers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 302.0033 to read as follows:
Sec. 302.0033. OPERATION WELCOME HOME PROGRAM. (a) The
commission shall establish and administer the Operation Welcome
Home program to expedite the entry of veterans and military
servicemembers into the workforce through the use of enhanced
employment services. In establishing the program, the commission
shall build partnerships between military transition centers and
local workforce development boards to ensure the availability of
employment services, including services related to:
(1) education;
(2) career technical training; and
(3) entrepreneurship.
(b) The commission may award grants to state, local, or
private entities that perform activities related to the purposes of
this section.
(c) The commission shall administer the program using money
previously appropriated to the commission or received from federal
or other sources.
(d) The commission may adopt rules as necessary for the
administration of this section.
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, 2017.