HBA-EDN, SEP H.B. 1348 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1348
By: Villarreal, Mike
Economic Development
3/2/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Child-care facilities are often instrumental in providing early education
services to children.  These services are crucial not only in fostering
positive learning environments for children during their developmental
years, but also in enabling the parents of those children to work and
attain self-sufficiency.  In Texas, however, assistance for child-care is
limited.  House Bill 1348 provides one-time-funds for local workforce
development boards to design and implement initiatives to address their
regional child-care needs.     

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority is expressly delegated to the Texas Workforce Commission in
SECTION 1 (Section 302.0041, Labor Code) of this bill. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1348 amends the Labor Code to require the Texas Workforce
Commission, by rule, to establish one-time-funds for local workforce
development boards to design and implement demonstration projects to
address certain child-care related issues.  This bill sets forth provisions
for project funding.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote the Act takes
effect September 1, 2001.