88R7170 KSD-D
By: Lambert H.B. No. 3900
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of money awarded from the skills development
fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-3) to read as
follows:
(b) The skills development fund may be used by public
community and technical colleges, community-based organizations,
local workforce development boards, and the Texas A&M Engineering
Extension Service [as start-up or emergency funds] for the
following job-training purposes:
(1) developing and implementing customized training
programs for businesses and trade unions; and
(2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business
networks and consortiums.
(b-3) Not more than 25 percent of the amount of a skills
development fund grant awarded for a training project may be used
for the purchase of any proprietary or production equipment
necessary for the training project.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
303.003, Labor Code, apply only to a skills development fund grant
awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective
date of this Act. A skills development fund grant awarded before
that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant was
awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.