Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3186 Compare Versions

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1		-	87R13436 SGM-F
2		-	By: Raney, Guillen H.B. No. 3186
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3186:
4		-	By: Muñoz, Jr. C.S.H.B. No. 3186
	1	+	87R12210 SGM-F
	2	+	By: Raney H.B. No. 3186
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9		-	relating to the ~~participation in and reimbursement from~~ the skills
10		-	~~development fund of certain~~ entities.
	7	+	relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain
	8	+	entities.
11	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	10		SECTION 1. Section 303.001(a), Labor Code, is amended to
13	11		read as follows:
14	12		(a) The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative
15	13		barriers that impede the response of public community and technical
16	14		colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce
17	15		development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station,
18	16		and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to industry and
19	17		workforce training needs and to develop incentives for public
20	18		community and technical colleges, community-based organizations,
21	19		local workforce development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering
22	20		Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
23	21		to provide customized assessment and training in a timely and
24	22		efficient manner.
25	23		SECTION 2. Section 303.002(b), Labor Code, is amended to
26	24		read as follows:
27	25		(b) A public community or technical college, the Texas A&M
28	26		Engineering Experiment Station, or the Texas A&M Engineering
29	27		Extension Service may recover customized assessment and training
30	28		costs incurred by the college, station, or service [institution]
31	29		if:
32	30		(1) there is an actual or projected labor shortage in
33	31		the occupation in which training is provided that is not being met
34	32		by an existing institution or program in the area; and
35	33		(2) the wages at the time of job placement for
36	34		individuals who successfully complete customized training at the
37	35		public community or technical college, the Texas A&M Engineering
38	36		Experiment Station, or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
39	37		are equal to the prevailing wage for that occupation in the local
40	38		labor market area.
41		-	SECTION 3. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by
42		-	amending Subsections (b), (f), (g), and (h) and adding Subsection
43		-	(d-1) to read as follows:
	39	+	SECTION 3. Sections 303.003(b), (f), (g), and (h), Labor
	40	+	Code, are amended to read as follows:
44	41		(b) The skills development fund may be used by public
45	42		community and technical colleges, community-based organizations,
46	43		local workforce development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering
47	44		Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
48	45		as start-up or emergency funds for the following job-training
49	46		purposes:
50	47		(1) developing customized training programs for
51	48		businesses and trade unions; and
52	49		(2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business
53	50		networks and consortiums.
54		-	(d-1) The commission by rule shall adopt a procedure under
55		-	which an employer may seek and obtain direct reimbursement from the
56		-	skills development fund for costs incurred by the employer in
57		-	relation to customized training or certification completed by the
58		-	employer's employees under a grant agreement authorized under this
59		-	chapter.
60	51		(f) The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and the
61	52		Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall focus the station's
62	53		or service's training activities under this chapter on programs
63	54		that:
64	55		(1) are statewide in nature; or
65	56		(2) are not available from a local junior college
66	57		district, a local technical college, or a consortium of junior
67	58		college districts.
68	59		(g) This section does not prohibit the Texas A&M Engineering
69	60		Experiment Station or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
70	61		from participating in a consortium of junior college districts or
71	62		with a technical college that provides training under this chapter.
72	63		(h) A community-based organization may apply for money to
73	64		participate in a training program only in partnership with a
74	65		community and technical college, the Texas A&M Engineering
75	66		Experiment Station, or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.
76	67		A community-based organization providing services regulated by the
77	68		state shall provide evidence of any certification, license, or
78	69		registration required by law.
79	70		SECTION 4. Section 303.004, Labor Code, is amended to read
80	71		as follows:
81	72		Sec. 303.004. FUND REVIEW; REPORT BY CERTAIN WORKFORCE
82	73		TRAINING PROVIDERS REQUIRED. (a) The Texas Higher Education
83	74		Coordinating Board shall review all customized training programs
84	75		biennially to verify that state funds are being used appropriately
85	76		by public community and technical colleges, the Texas A&M
86	77		Engineering Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering
87	78		Extension Service under this chapter.
88	79		(b) Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, the
89	80		Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas A&M Engineering
90	81		Extension Service, and each public community or technical college
91	82		that provides workforce training under this chapter shall:
92	83		(1) conduct a review of the station's, service's, or
93	84		college's training programs to:
94	85		(A) determine the effectiveness of the programs
95	86		in improving the wages of participants who complete the programs;
96	87		and
97	88		(B) identify strategies for improving the
98	89		delivery of workforce training in order to more effectively impact
99	90		economic development in this state; and
100	91		(2) submit to the commission a detailed written report
101	92		summarizing the results of the review for inclusion by the
102	93		executive director in the report to the governor and the
103	94		legislature required by Section 303.006(c).
104	95		(c) If the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the
105	96		Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, or a public community or
106	97		technical college fails to submit a report required by Subsection
107	98		(b)(2):
108	99		(1) the station, service, or college must refund to
109	100		the comptroller any unexpended state funds received by the station,
110	101		service, or college under this chapter for the state fiscal
111	102		biennium in which the report was due; and
112	103		(2) the commission may not award any additional grant
113	104		to the station, service, or college under this chapter until the
114	105		station, service, or college has complied with that reporting
115	106		requirement.
116		-	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	107	+	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	108	+	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	109	+	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	110	+	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	111	+	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.