1-1     By:  Solis (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)                  H.B. No. 935
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Business and Commerce; May 3, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 3, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the establishment of a flexibility rating system for
 1-9     directives sent by the Texas Workforce Commission to local
1-10     workforce development boards.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is amended
1-13     by adding Section 302.044 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 302.044.  FLEXIBILITY RATING SYSTEM FOR COMMISSION
1-15     DIRECTIVES.  (a)  The commission shall develop and implement a
1-16     flexibility rating system for directives sent by the commission to
1-17     local workforce development boards.  A rating assigned to a
1-18     directive under the system shall indicate the degree of flexibility
1-19     that a local workforce development board has in implementing the
1-20     directive.  The commission shall provide an explanation of the
1-21     ratings assigned under the system to each local workforce
1-22     development board.
1-23           (b)  The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to
1-24     implement this section.
1-25           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-26           (b)  The Texas Workforce Commission shall implement the
1-27     flexibility rating system prescribed by Section 302.044, Labor
1-28     Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2002.
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