By Wise H.B. No. 218
77R11668 JMM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the membership of a local workforce development board.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 2308.251, Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 2308.251. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this subchapter:
1-7 (1) "Board" [, "board"] means a local workforce
1-8 development board.
1-9 (2) "Veteran" means a person who:
1-10 (A) has served in:
1-11 (i) the army, navy, air force, coast
1-12 guard, or marine corps of the United States or the United States
1-13 Public Health Service under 42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq., as
1-14 amended;
1-15 (ii) the state military forces as defined
1-16 by Section 431.001; or
1-17 (iii) an auxiliary service of one of those
1-18 branches of the armed forces; and
1-19 (B) has been honorably discharged from the
1-20 branch of the service in which the person served.
1-21 SECTION 2. Section 2308.256, Government Code, is amended by
1-22 adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
1-23 (h) At least one of the members of a board appointed under
1-24 Subsection (a) must be a veteran who meets the qualifications
2-1 required for the member under that subsection.
2-2 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-3 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies to a local
2-4 workforce development board created on or after the effective date
2-5 of this Act. The chief elected officials responsible for
2-6 appointing members to a local workforce development board created
2-7 before the effective date of this Act shall appoint new members to
2-8 the board that reflect the requirements of this Act as vacancies
2-9 occur on the board or as the terms of members serving on the board
2-10 on or before the effective date of this Act expire.
2-11 (c) If the change in law made by this Act by the addition of
2-12 Section 2308.256(h), Government Code, conflicts with federal law or
2-13 would have the effect of invalidating a waiver granted under
2-14 federal law, Section 2308.256(h), Government Code, shall be of no
2-15 effect.