| 1 | 1 | | 88R10172 RDS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Button H.B. No. 3203 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the sunset review of local workforce development boards |
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| 8 | 8 | | in this state. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Section 325.026 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 325.026. LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS SUBJECT TO |
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| 13 | 13 | | REVIEW. (a) A local workforce development board listed in |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subsection (b) is subject to a limited review under this chapter as |
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| 15 | 15 | | if it were a state agency but may not be abolished. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) This section applies to: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) Workforce Solutions Panhandle; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) Workforce Solutions South Plains; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) Workforce Solutions North Texas; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) Workforce Solutions North Central Texas; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (5) Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (6) Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (7) Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (8) Workforce Solutions East Texas; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (9) Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (10) Workforce Solutions Borderplex; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (11) Workforce Solutions Permian Basin; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (12) Workforce Solutions Concho Valley; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (13) Workforce Solutions for the Heart of Texas; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (14) Workforce Solutions Capital Area; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (15) Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (16) Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (17) Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (18) Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (19) Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (20) Workforce Solutions Alamo; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (21) Workforce Solutions for South Texas; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (22) Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (23) Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande Valley; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (24) Workforce Solutions Cameron; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (25) Workforce Solutions Texoma; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (26) Workforce Solutions of Central Texas; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (27) Workforce Solutions Middle Rio Grande; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (28) Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) The limited review under this chapter must assess each |
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| 46 | 46 | | local workforce development board's: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) governance; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) management; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) operating structure; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) compliance with the requirements of Subchapter G, |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chapter 2308, or other law. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (d) The commission shall conduct the limited review under |
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| 53 | 53 | | this section as soon as practicable and shall review each local |
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| 54 | 54 | | workforce development board listed in Subsection (b) in an order |
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| 55 | 55 | | determined appropriate by the commission. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 57 | 57 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 58 | 58 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 59 | 59 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 60 | 60 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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