By Hilderbran H.B. No. 2255
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the provision of transportation for certain AFDC
1-3 recipients to participate in the JOBS program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 6, Chapter 141, Acts of the 63rd
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas
1-7 Civil Statutes) is amended by adding subsection (x) to read as
1-8 follows:
1-9 (x)(1) A metropolitan rapid transit authority shall enter
1-10 into a memorandum of understanding with the Texas Department of
1-11 Human Services for the purpose of providing transportation as a
1-12 supportive service to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent
1-13 Children (AFDC) who:
1-14 (a) participate in the Job Opportunities and Basic
1-15 Skills Training (JOBS) program administered by the Texas Department
1-16 of Human Services; and
1-17 (b) reside in the area subject to the taxing authority
1-18 of the individual transit authorities.
1-19 (2) Subject to the conditions of Titles IV-A and IV-F of the
1-20 Social Security Act, the Texas Department of Human Services shall
1-21 establish a memorandum of understanding with each rapid transit
1-22 authority containing the terms of the agreement, including but not
1-23 limited to the following:
2-1 (a) the Department of Human Services shall establish
2-2 the eligibility of AFDC recipients; and
2-3 (b) the Department of Human Services shall establish
2-4 standards limiting use of transportation provided by the
2-5 authorities to locations directly related to the Department's JOBS
2-6 program.
2-7 (3) The authorities shall certify the public funds expended
2-8 on transportation in behalf of AFDC recipients for the purpose of
2-9 obtaining federal funds under the JOBS program.
2-10 SECTION 2. Section 10, Chapter 683, Acts of the 66th
2-11 Legislature, Regular Session, 1979 (Article 1118y, Vernon's Texas
2-12 Civil Statutes) is amended by adding subsection (v) to read as
2-13 follows:
2-14 (v)(1) A regional transit authority shall enter into a
2-15 memorandum of understanding with the Texas Department of Human
2-16 Services for the purpose of providing transportation as a
2-17 supportive service to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent
2-18 Children (AFDC) who:
2-19 (a) participate in the Job Opportunities and Basic
2-20 Skills Training (JOBS) program administered by the Texas Department
2-21 of Human Services; and
2-22 (b) reside in the area subject to the taxing authority
2-23 of the individual transit authorities.
2-24 (2) Subject to the conditions of Titles IV-A and IV-F of the
2-25 Social Security Act, the Texas Deparmtnet of Human Services shall
3-1 establish a memorandum of understanding with each rapid transit
3-2 authority containing the terms of the agreement, including but not
3-3 limited to the following:
3-4 (a) the Department of Human Services shall establish
3-5 the eligibility of AFDC recipients; and
3-6 (b) the Department of Human Services shall establish
3-7 standards limiting use of transportation provided by the
3-8 authorities to locations directly related to the Department's JOBS
3-9 program.
3-10 (3) The authorities shall certify the public funds expended
3-11 on transportation in behalf of AFDC recipients for the purpose of
3-12 obtaining federal funds under the JOBS program.
3-13 SECTION 3. Section 6, Chapter 10, Acts of the 69th
3-14 Legislature, Regular Session, 1986 (Article 1118z, Vernon's Texas
3-15 Civil Statutes) is amended by adding subsection (p) to read as
3-16 follows:
3-17 (p)(1) A city transit department shall enter into a
3-18 memorandum of understanding with the Texas Department of Human
3-19 Services for the purpose of providing transportation as a
3-20 supportive service to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent
3-21 Children (AFDC) who:
3-22 (a) participate in the Job Opportunities and Basic
3-23 Skills Training (JOBS) program administered by the Texas Department
3-24 of Human Services; and
3-25 (b) reside in the area subject to the taxing authority
4-1 of the individual transit authorities.
4-2 (2) Subject to the conditions of Titles IV-A and IV-F of the
4-3 Social Security Act, the Texas Department of Human Services shall
4-4 establish a memorandum of understanding with each rapid transit
4-5 authority containing the terms of the agreement, including but not
4-6 limited to the following:
4-7 (a) the Department of Human Services shall establish
4-8 the eligibility of AFDC clients; and
4-9 (b) the Department of Human Services shall establish
4-10 standards limiting use of transportation provided by the
4-11 authorities to locations directly related to the Department's JOBS
4-12 program.
4-13 (3) The authorities shall certify the public funds expended
4-14 on transportation in behalf of AFDC recipients for the purpose of
4-15 obtaining federal funds under the JOBS program.
4-16 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
4-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-22 passage, and it is so enacted.