1-1 By: Oliveira, Chavez, Solis of Cameron H.B. No. 3656
1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Madla)
1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 1999;
1-4 April 30, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-5 Economic Development; May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the
1-6 following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the participation of community-based organizations in
1-10 the skills development fund.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 303.001, Labor Code, is amended to read
1-13 as follows:
1-14 Sec. 303.001. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. (a) The
1-15 purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative barriers that
1-16 impede the response of public community and technical colleges,
1-17 community-based organizations, and the Texas Engineering Extension
1-18 Service to industry and workforce training needs and to develop
1-19 incentives for public community and technical colleges,
1-20 community-based organizations, and the Texas Engineering Extension
1-21 Service to provide customized assessment and training in a timely
1-22 and efficient manner.
1-23 (b) For purposes of this chapter:
1-24 (1) "Assessment" [, "assessment"] means the evaluation
1-25 of an employer's workforce needs and requirements.
1-26 (2) "Community-based organization" means a private
1-27 nonprofit organization, including a development corporation and
1-28 faith-based organization, that:
1-29 (A) provides for education, vocational
1-30 education, rehabilitation, job training, or internship services or
1-31 programs; and
1-32 (B) is exempt from the payment of federal income
1-33 taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
1-34 and its subsequent amendments, by being listed as an exempt entity
1-35 under Section 501(c)(3) of that code.
1-36 SECTION 2. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by
1-37 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
1-38 follows:
1-39 (b) The skills development fund may be used by public
1-40 community and technical colleges, community-based organizations,
1-41 and [or] the Texas Engineering Extension Service as start-up or
1-42 emergency funds for the following job-training purposes:
1-43 (1) developing customized training programs for
1-44 businesses and trade unions; and
1-45 (2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business
1-46 networks and consortiums.
1-47 (h) A community-based organization may apply for money to
1-48 participate in a training program only in partnership with a
1-49 community and technical college or the Texas Engineering Extension
1-50 Service. A community-based organization providing services
1-51 regulated by the state shall provide evidence of any certification,
1-52 license, or registration required by law.
1-53 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-54 (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 303.003,
1-55 Labor Code, applies only to a grant awarded by the Texas Workforce
1-56 Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A grant
1-57 awarded before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
1-58 date the grant was awarded, and the former law is continued in
1-59 effect for that purpose.
1-60 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-61 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-62 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-63 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-64 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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