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1		-	H.B. No. 1799
	1	+	By: Button (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1799
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
	3	+	April 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 11, 2021, reported
	5	+	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2021, sent
	6	+	to printer.)
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the administration of apprenticeship training
6	12		programs.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Sections 133.001(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6),
9	15		Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
10	16		(1) "Apprenticeship training program" means a
11	17		training program that provides on-the-job training, preparatory
12	18		instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in
13	19		a trade that has been certified as an apprenticeable
14	20		[apprenticible] occupation by the Office of Apprenticeship [Bureau
15	21		of Apprenticeship Training of the United States Department of
16	22		Labor].
17	23		(3) "Supplementary instruction" means a course of
18	24		instruction for persons employed as journeymen craftsmen in
19	25		apprenticeable [apprenticible] trades that is designed to provide
20	26		new skills or upgrade current skills.
21	27		(4) "Related instruction" means organized,
22	28		off-the-job instruction in theoretical or technical subjects
23	29		required for the completion of an apprenticeship program for a
24	30		particular apprenticeable [apprenticible] trade.
25	31		(5) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
26	32		[Employment] Commission.
27	33		(6) "Office of Apprenticeship" ["Bureau"] means the
28	34		Office of Apprenticeship [Bureau of Apprenticeship Training] of the
29	35		United States Department of Labor.
30	36		SECTION 2. Sections 133.002(c), (d), (g), and (h),
31	37		Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
32	38		(c) A program must be under the direction of an
33	39		apprenticeship committee whose members are appointed by one or more
34	40		employers of apprentices, one or more bargaining agents
35	41		representing members of an apprenticeable [apprenticible] trade,
36	42		or a combination of the above, and the committee shall perform the
37	43		duties set forth in Section 133.003. If an apprenticeship
38	44		committee is composed of representatives of one or more employers
39	45		and one or more bargaining agents, the number of committee members
40	46		designated by the employer or employers shall be equal to the number
41	47		of committee members designated by the bargaining agent or agents.
42	48		(d) Each apprentice participating in a program must be given
43	49		a written apprenticeship agreement by the apprenticeship committee
44	50		stating the standards and conditions of the apprentice's employment
45	51		and training. The standards must conform substantially with the
46	52		standards of apprenticeship for the particular trade which have
47	53		been adopted by the Office of Apprenticeship [bureau].
48	54		(g) An apprenticeship training program must provide
49	55		adequate facilities, personnel, and resources to effectively
50	56		administer the program in a manner consistent with the public's
51	57		need for skilled craftsmen and the apprentices' need for marketable
52	58		skills in apprenticeable [apprenticible] occupations.
53	59		(h) A program must be registered with the Office of
54	60		Apprenticeship [bureau] and approved by the commission.
55	61		SECTION 3. Section 133.006(b), Education Code, is amended
56	62		to read as follows:
57	63		(b) At least annually, the [The] commission shall prepare
58	64		and submit to the Texas Workforce Investment Council or to the
59	65		Apprenticeship and Training Advisory Committee, as designated by
60	66		the Texas Workforce Investment Council, a report that includes:
61	67		(1) an apprenticeship-related instruction cost study
62	68		for the most recent state fiscal year; and
63	69		(2) the funding distribution for
64	70		apprenticeship-related instruction programs for the state fiscal
65	71		year in which the report is submitted [an update to the
66	72		Apprenticeship Related Instruction Cost Study adopted by the State
67	73		Board of Education on February 10, 1973, prior to each biennial
68	74		session of the legislature].
69	75		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
70		-	______________________________ ______________________________
71		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
72		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1799 was passed by the House on April
73		-	9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
74		-	voting.
75		-	______________________________
76		-	Chief Clerk of the House
77		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1799 was passed by the Senate on May
78		-	19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
79		-	______________________________
80		-	Secretary of the Senate
81		-	APPROVED: _____________________
82		-	Date
83		-	_____________________
84		-	Governor
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