88R10172 RDS-D
By: Button H.B. No. 3203
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sunset review of local workforce development boards
in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 325.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 325.026. LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS SUBJECT TO
REVIEW. (a) A local workforce development board listed in
Subsection (b) is subject to a limited review under this chapter as
if it were a state agency but may not be abolished.
(b) This section applies to:
(1) Workforce Solutions Panhandle;
(2) Workforce Solutions South Plains;
(3) Workforce Solutions North Texas;
(4) Workforce Solutions North Central Texas;
(5) Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County;
(6) Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas;
(7) Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas;
(8) Workforce Solutions East Texas;
(9) Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas;
(10) Workforce Solutions Borderplex;
(11) Workforce Solutions Permian Basin;
(12) Workforce Solutions Concho Valley;
(13) Workforce Solutions for the Heart of Texas;
(14) Workforce Solutions Capital Area;
(15) Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area;
(16) Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley;
(17) Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas;
(18) Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas;
(19) Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent;
(20) Workforce Solutions Alamo;
(21) Workforce Solutions for South Texas;
(22) Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend;
(23) Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande Valley;
(24) Workforce Solutions Cameron;
(25) Workforce Solutions Texoma;
(26) Workforce Solutions of Central Texas;
(27) Workforce Solutions Middle Rio Grande; and
(28) Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast.
(c) The limited review under this chapter must assess each
local workforce development board's:
(1) governance;
(2) management;
(3) operating structure; and
(4) compliance with the requirements of Subchapter G,
Chapter 2308, or other law.
(d) The commission shall conduct the limited review under
this section as soon as practicable and shall review each local
workforce development board listed in Subsection (b) in an order
determined appropriate by the commission.
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, 2023.