Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2975 amends the Labor Code to authorize the Texas Workforce Commission to establish and implement by rule a pilot program in the Texas-Mexico border region to provide technology training to workers displaced as a result of trade dislocations or other changes in the state economy. The bill authorizes the commission to use existing state-funded technology infrastructure and curriculum and instruction models previously developed by the commission; obtain funds from any state, federal, or private source; and collaborate with appropriate federal and state agencies and local workforce development boards to implement the program. The commission is required to submit a report about the program's status and results to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house by December 1 of each even-numbered year until the program's authorization expires September 1, 2007.