By: Button, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 4390
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2023;
May 4, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources & Economic Development; May 19, 2023, reported
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 4; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4390 By: Zaffirini
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs
Grant Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 302.252(1), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) "Industry-recognized apprenticeship program"
means a training program that [:
[(A) provides on-the-job training, preparatory
instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in
an occupation that has been recognized as an apprenticeable
occupation by the Office of Apprenticeship of the United States
Department of Labor; or
[(B)] is certified by the commission as an
industry-recognized apprenticeship program [by a third-party
certifier that has received from the United States Department of
Labor a favorable determination of qualification to award that
certification].
SECTION 2. Section 302.257, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The commission shall adopt rules to administer and
enforce this subchapter, including rules establishing the criteria
and process for the commission to certify a training program as an
industry-recognized apprenticeship program for purposes of this
subchapter.
(a-1) The certification criteria established under
Subsection (a) must include that the training program:
(1) lead to the attainment of skills that:
(A) are customarily learned in a practical way
through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised
training; and
(B) are clearly identified and commonly
recognized throughout an industry;
(2) involve manual, mechanical, or technical skills or
knowledge requiring significant on-the-job work experience; and
(3) require related instruction to supplement the
on-the-job training.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules
required by Section 302.257, Labor Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a grant awarded under Subchapter I, Chapter 302, Labor Code, on
or after the effective date of this Act. A 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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