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1		-	H.B. No. 700
	1	+	By: Guillen, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Powell) H.B. No. 700
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
	3	+	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 9, 2019, reported
	5	+	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2; May 9, 2019, sent
	6	+	to printer.)
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain
6		-	entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that
7		-	fund.
	12	+	entities.
8	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	14		SECTION 1. Section 303.001(a), Labor Code, is amended to
10	15		read as follows:
11	16		(a) The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative
12	17		barriers that impede the response of public community and technical
13	18		colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce
14		-	development boards, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
15		-	to industry and workforce training needs and to develop incentives
16		-	for public community and technical colleges, community-based
17		-	organizations, local workforce development boards, and the Texas
18		-	A&M Engineering Extension Service to provide customized assessment
19		-	and training in a timely and efficient manner.
	19	+	development boards, public libraries, and the Texas A&M Engineering
	20	+	Extension Service to industry and workforce training needs and to
	21	+	develop incentives for public community and technical colleges,
	22	+	community-based organizations, local workforce development boards,
	23	+	public libraries, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
	24	+	to provide customized assessment and training in a timely and
	25	+	efficient manner.
20	26		SECTION 2. Section 303.002(b), Labor Code, is amended to
21	27		read as follows:
22	28		(b) A public community or technical college or the Texas A&M
23	29		Engineering Extension Service may recover customized assessment
24	30		and training costs incurred by the institution if:
25	31		(1) there is an actual or projected labor shortage in
26	32		the occupation in which training is provided that is not being met
27	33		by an existing institution or program in the area; and
28	34		(2) the wages at the time of job placement for
29	35		individuals who successfully complete customized training at the
30	36		public community or technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering
31	37		Extension Service are equal to the prevailing wage for that
32	38		occupation in the local labor market area.
33	39		SECTION 3. Sections 303.003(b), (f), (g), and (h), Labor
34	40		Code, are amended to read as follows:
35	41		(b) The skills development fund may be used by public
36	42		community and technical colleges, community-based organizations,
37		-	local workforce development boards, and the Texas ~~A&M Engineering~~
38		-	Extension Service as start-up or emergency funds ~~for the following~~
39		-	job-training purposes:
	43	+	local workforce development boards, public libraries, and the Texas
	44	+	A&M Engineering Extension Service as start-up or emergency funds
	45	+	for the following job-training purposes:
40	46		(1) developing customized training programs for
41	47		businesses and trade unions; and
42	48		(2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business
43	49		networks and consortiums.
44	50		(f) The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall focus
45	51		the service's training activities under this chapter on programs
46	52		that:
47	53		(1) are statewide in nature; or
48	54		(2) are not available from a local junior college
49	55		district, a local technical college, or a consortium of junior
50	56		college districts.
51	57		(g) This section does not prohibit the Texas A&M Engineering
52	58		Extension Service from participating in a consortium of junior
53	59		college districts or with a technical college that provides
54	60		training under this chapter.
55	61		(h) A community-based organization may apply for money to
56	62		participate in a training program only in partnership with a
57	63		community and technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering
58	64		Extension Service. A community-based organization providing
59	65		services regulated by the state shall provide evidence of any
60	66		certification, license, or registration required by law.
61		-	SECTION 4. (a) The Texas Workforce Commission shall
62		-	conduct a study on and develop recommendations for increasing the
63		-	effectiveness of the skills development fund established under
64		-	Chapter 303, Labor Code. The recommendations must include
65		-	strategies for better achieving the fund's purposes, improving
66		-	outcomes, and expanding participation in the opportunities
67		-	available through the fund.
68		-	(b) Not later than December 1, 2020, the Texas Workforce
69		-	Commission shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
70		-	the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the
71		-	legislative committees with appropriate jurisdiction a report
72		-	detailing the commission's findings and recommendations under
73		-	Subsection (a) of this section.
74		-	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
75		-	______________________________ ______________________________
76		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
77		-	I certify that H.B. No. 700 was passed by the House on April
78		-	26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 12, 2 present, not
79		-	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
80		-	H.B. No. 700 on May 17, 2019, and requested the appointment of a
81		-	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
82		-	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
83		-	on H.B. No. 700 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 111,
84		-	Nays 28, 2 present, not voting.
85		-	______________________________
86		-	Chief Clerk of the House
87		-	I certify that H.B. No. 700 was passed by the Senate, with
88		-	amendments, on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays
89		-	6; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
90		-	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
91		-	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
92		-	700 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Secretary of the Senate
95		-	APPROVED: __________________
96		-	Date
97		-	__________________
98		-	Governor
	67	+	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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