Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3656 amends the Labor Code to allow community-based organizations to participate in the skills development fund. The act allows such organizations to apply for money from the fund to participate in a job-training program only in partnership with a community and technical college or the Texas Engineering Extension Service, and it requires an organization that provides services regulated by the state to provide evidence of any required certification, license, or registration.

A community-based organization is defined as a private nonprofit organization, including a development corporation and faith-based organization, that provides for education, vocational education, rehabilitation, job training, or internship services or programs, and that is exempt from federal income taxes.