1-1 By: Ellis, et al. S.B. No. 951 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1997; March 10, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 1, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 1, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Gallegos 1-7 Amend S.B. No. 951 on page 1, line 17, by striking the word 1-8 "public". 1-9 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-10 AN ACT 1-11 relating to the coordination of tenant services programs. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Section 2306.253 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 2306.253. TENANT SERVICES PROGRAM. (a) In this 1-16 section, "tenant services" means social services, including child 1-17 care, transportation, and basic adult education, that are provided 1-18 to individuals residing in low-income public housing under Title 1-19 IV-A, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.), and 1-20 other similar services. 1-21 (b) The department shall structure the requirements for the 1-22 provision of tenant services so that tenant services provided 1-23 through housing programs are coordinated with similar services 1-24 provided through state workforce development and welfare programs. 1-25 The department shall emphasize tenant services that are eligible 1-26 for additional federal matching funds through workforce development 1-27 or welfare-related programs. 1-28 (c) The department shall designate a department employee as 1-29 the tenant services program coordinator. The coordinator shall 1-30 serve as a liaison to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas 1-31 Department of Human Services, the Department of Protective and 1-32 Regulatory Services, and the Legislative Budget Board on matters 1-33 relating to the coordination of tenant services programs. 1-34 (d) The coordinator shall meet in Austin at least quarterly 1-35 with representatives of the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas 1-36 Department of Human Services, the Department of Protective and 1-37 Regulatory Services, and the Legislative Budget Board to: 1-38 (1) update coordination of tenant services with 1-39 workforce development and welfare-related programs; 1-40 (2) discuss funding sources for tenant services 1-41 programs; and 1-42 (3) report on the status of tenant services programs, 1-43 including reporting on the number of clients and types of services 1-44 offered. 1-45 (e) Not later than December 1 preceding a regular session of 1-46 the legislature, the department shall file with the appropriate 1-47 state agencies and legislative committees a report discussing the 1-48 results of the department's program under this section. 1-49 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-50 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-51 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-52 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-53 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-54 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-55 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-56 * * * * *