By McClendon, Oliveira, Luna, Keffer, Seaman H.B. No. 3596
76R9151 CMR-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to workforce development services provided by the Texas
1-3 Workforce Commission under a contract with a local workforce
1-4 development board.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 2308.303, Government Code, is amended by
1-7 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-8 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
1-9 local workforce development board may contract with the Texas
1-10 Workforce Commission to provide workforce development services,
1-11 including any service the provision of which is delegated to the
1-12 board under Section 302.023, Labor Code.
1-13 SECTION 2. Section 302.002(a), Labor Code, is amended to
1-14 read as follows:
1-15 (a) The executive director shall:
1-16 (1) to the extent feasible under federal law,
1-17 consolidate the administrative and programmatic functions of the
1-18 programs under the authority of the commission to achieve efficient
1-19 and effective delivery of services;
1-20 (2) administer each program and implement
1-21 corresponding federal and state legislation consolidated under the
1-22 authority of the commission under this chapter and other applicable
1-23 state law;
1-24 (3) determine the organization and methods of
2-1 procedure of the division in accordance with applicable state and
2-2 federal legislation;
2-3 (4) appoint and prescribe the duties of all officers,
2-4 administrators, accountants, attorneys, experts, and other
2-5 employees as necessary in the performance of the division's duties;
2-6 (5) delegate authority to persons appointed under this
2-7 section as the executive director considers reasonable and proper
2-8 for the effective administration of the division;
2-9 (6) bond any person who handles money or signs checks
2-10 for the division;
2-11 (7) implement workforce training and services policies
2-12 and programs, consistent with recommendations from the council and
2-13 as approved by the governor;
2-14 (8) serve as an advocate at the state and federal
2-15 levels for local workforce development boards;
2-16 (9) contract with local workforce development boards
2-17 for program planning and service delivery;
2-18 (10) provide training and professional development
2-19 services for division staff, local workforce development boards,
2-20 and the staff of those boards;
2-21 (11) support research and demonstration projects
2-22 designed to develop new programs and approaches to service
2-23 delivery;
2-24 (12) provide technical assistance and support to local
2-25 workforce development boards;
2-26 (13) prepare an annual agency performance report for
2-27 submission to the governor, the legislature, the commission, and
3-1 the council;
3-2 (14) design and administer a statewide comprehensive
3-3 labor market information system;
3-4 (15) serve as the chair of the State Occupational
3-5 Information Coordinating Committee; [and]
3-6 (16) perform other functions and duties as may be
3-7 required by law or assigned by the commission; and
3-8 (17) contract with local workforce development boards
3-9 as necessary to implement Section 2308.303, Government Code.
3-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-11 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.