76R11785 CMR-D
By Tillery H.B. No. 2487
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2487:
By Luna C.S.H.B. No. 2487
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation and operation of an employer advisory
1-3 committee for the labor exchange system administered by the Texas
1-4 Workforce Commission.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 307, Labor Code, is amended by adding
1-7 Subchapter B to read as follows:
1-8 SUBCHAPTER B. EMPLOYER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
1-9 Sec. 307.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
1-10 (1) "Committee" means the labor exchange system
1-11 employer advisory committee.
1-12 (2) "Labor exchange system" means the system by which
1-13 the Texas Workforce Commission, through its employer services
1-14 division, matches employers with job-seekers. The term includes
1-15 all electronic linkages and databases used by that system.
1-16 Sec. 307.052. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE; PRESIDING OFFICER.
1-17 (a) The committee is composed of nine members.
1-18 (b) The governor shall appoint:
1-19 (1) three members who are employers in areas of high
1-20 unemployment in the state;
1-21 (2) three members who are employers in rural areas of
1-22 the state; and
1-23 (3) three members who are employers in three different
1-24 urban areas of the state.
2-1 (c) A member of the committee serves at the will of the
2-2 appointing official.
2-3 (d) The governor shall designate the presiding officer of
2-4 the committee from the membership of the committee. The presiding
2-5 officer serves in that capacity for a two-year period expiring
2-6 February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
2-7 Sec. 307.053. COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The
2-8 committee shall meet at the call of the presiding officer.
2-9 (b) The committee shall review the design of any proposed
2-10 improvements to the labor exchange system by the Texas Workforce
2-11 Commission as necessary to ensure:
2-12 (1) broad and ample input by employers in the design
2-13 of the system;
2-14 (2) the technological efficiency of the system;
2-15 (3) the compatibility of the system with available
2-16 national data banks;
2-17 (4) the inclusion of position and application
2-18 searching and feedback mechanisms in the system; and
2-19 (5) the provision through the system of on-line
2-20 technical assistance.
2-21 (c) The committee shall provide input to the Texas Workforce
2-22 Commission regarding the expansion of the labor exchange system.
2-23 (d) The committee shall provide input to the Texas Workforce
2-24 Commission regarding the ongoing implementation of the labor
2-25 exchange system to ensure:
2-26 (1) active marketing of the system to employers and
2-27 applicants; and
3-1 (2) aggressive training in the use of the system.
3-2 (e) The committee shall provide input to the Texas Workforce
3-3 Commission regarding the development of performance standards for
3-4 the system.
3-5 (f) The committee shall:
3-6 (1) monitor trends in:
3-7 (A) the use of the system by employers and
3-8 applicants; and
3-9 (B) successful placements of job-seekers in
3-10 positions of employment; and
3-11 (2) evaluate those trends against performance
3-12 standards and customer satisfaction.
3-13 (g) The committee may request reports and other information
3-14 from the Texas Workforce Commission and other state agencies as
3-15 necessary to carry out its duties under this section.
3-16 Sec. 307.054. REPORTS. Not later than November 15 of each
3-17 even-numbered year, the committee shall report to the governor on
3-18 the results of the committee's activities. The report must
3-19 include any recommendations for legislative action.
3-20 SECTION 2. Sections 307.001, 307.002, and 307.003, Labor
3-21 Code, are designated Subchapter A, Chapter 307, Labor Code.
3-22 SECTION 3. The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 307, Labor
3-23 Code, is added to read as follows:
3-24 SUBCHAPTER A. OPERATION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
3-25 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-26 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.