76R11653 CLG-F By Shapleigh S.B. No. 1107 Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1107: By Homer C.S.S.B. No. 1107 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to information on certain programs and services to assist 1-3 certain communities and entities impacted by the North American 1-4 Free Trade Agreement. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 481, Government Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 481.1665 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 481.1665. INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR 1-9 CERTAIN COMMUNITIES AND ENTITIES. (a) At least once each two-year 1-10 period, the Texas Business and Community Economic Development 1-11 Clearinghouse shall provide written notice in English and in 1-12 Spanish regarding those programs and services described by Section 1-13 481.167(b) that will benefit and assist communities and entities 1-14 that have experienced significant job losses associated with the 1-15 implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). 1-16 The clearinghouse shall provide the notice to each of the governing 1-17 bodies of the municipalities and counties, chambers of commerce, 1-18 small business development centers, and economic development 1-19 centers located in the border region. The clearinghouse shall also 1-20 provide the information contained in the notice on the department's 1-21 Internet website. 1-22 (b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must contain: 1-23 (1) the Internet address of the department's website; 1-24 and 2-1 (2) the toll-free telephone number of the 2-2 clearinghouse. 2-3 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-8 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-9 passage, and it is so enacted.