1-1 By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1107 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 1999; March 11, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development; 1-4 April 7, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 7, 1999, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1107 By: Sibley 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to information on certain programs and services to assist 1-11 certain communities and entities impacted by the North American 1-12 Free Trade Agreement. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 481, Government Code, is 1-15 amended by adding Section 481.1665 to read as follows: 1-16 Sec. 481.1665. INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR 1-17 CERTAIN COMMUNITIES AND ENTITIES. (a) At least once each two-year 1-18 period, the Texas Business and Community Economic Development 1-19 Clearinghouse shall prepare information on those programs and 1-20 services described by Section 481.167(b) that will benefit and 1-21 assist communities and entities that have experienced significant 1-22 job losses associated with the implementation of the North American 1-23 Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The clearinghouse shall provide the 1-24 information in English and in Spanish on the department's Internet 1-25 website and to each of the governing bodies of the municipalities 1-26 and counties, chambers of commerce, small business development 1-27 centers, and economic development centers located in the border 1-28 region. 1-29 (b) The information required to be provided to the 1-30 communities and entities described by Subsection (a) must contain: 1-31 (1) the Internet address of the department's website; 1-32 and 1-33 (2) the toll-free telephone number of the 1-34 clearinghouse. 1-35 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-36 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-37 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-38 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-39 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-40 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-41 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-42 * * * * *