SRC-MWN S.B. 970 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 970
By: Madla
Business & Commerce
3/18/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, state law requires that local workforce development board
membership reflect the ethnic and geographic diversity of the workforce
development area. There is no definition of what "geographic" diversity
means within each workforce development area. Additionally, there is no
requirement that gender diversity of a workforce development area be
reflected in the board's membership. As proposed, S.B. 970 defines
"geographic" and adds gender to the diversity requirements for membership
on local workforce development boards. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Subsection (b), Section 2308.255, Government Code, to
require the appointments to reflect the ethnic and gender, rather than
geographic, diversity of the workforce development area, and reflect the
geographic diversity of the workforce development area by including one
appointment from each county within the workforce development area, and in
counties with a population of more than one million, ensuring equal
representation from each of the county commissioners precincts. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2001.