1-1     By:  McClendon, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Ellis)       H.B. No. 3596
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 1999;
 1-3     May 10, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic
 1-4     Development; May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to workforce development services provided by the Texas
 1-9     Workforce Commission or a private vendor under a contract with a
1-10     local workforce development board.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 2308.303, Government Code, is amended by
1-13     adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-14           (e)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a local
1-15     workforce development board shall enter into contracts with private
1-16     vendors for the provision of workforce development services,
1-17     including any service the provision of which is delegated to the
1-18     board under Section 302.023, Labor Code.  However, if a private
1-19     vendor is unavailable, or if the contracts submitted by private
1-20     vendors to provide services are not acceptable to the board, the
1-21     board may contract with the Texas Workforce Commission for the
1-22     provision of a workforce development service or to administer the
1-23     competitive procurement process.
1-24           SECTION 2.  Section 302.002, Labor Code, is amended by adding
1-25     Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-26           (f)  The executive director may contract with local workforce
1-27     development boards as necessary to implement Section 2308.303,
1-28     Government Code.
1-29           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-30           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-31     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-32     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-33     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-34     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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