1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the establishment of a flexibility rating system for
1-3 directives sent by the Texas Workforce Commission to local
1-4 workforce development boards.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is amended
1-7 by adding Section 302.044 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 302.044. FLEXIBILITY RATING SYSTEM FOR COMMISSION
1-9 DIRECTIVES. (a) The commission shall develop and implement a
1-10 flexibility rating system for directives sent by the commission to
1-11 local workforce development boards. A rating assigned to a
1-12 directive under the system shall indicate the degree of flexibility
1-13 that a local workforce development board has in implementing the
1-14 directive. The commission shall provide an explanation of the
1-15 ratings assigned under the system to each local workforce
1-16 development board.
1-17 (b) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to
1-18 implement this section.
1-19 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-20 (b) The Texas Workforce Commission shall implement the
1-21 flexibility rating system prescribed by Section 302.044, Labor
1-22 Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2002.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 935 was passed by the House on April
20, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 935 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor