By Villarreal                                         H.B. No. 2265
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the allocation of certain child care funds to local
 1-3     workforce development areas.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 302.062(b), Labor Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           (b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, in [In]
 1-8     the case of funds that are allocated to this state or regions of
 1-9     this state through the application of established formulas, the
1-10     commission shall allocate amounts across the state using the same
1-11     formula that was used to provide the funds to the state or that
1-12     region.  The commission shall allocate funds for child care
1-13     services through the application of a need-based formula only.  The
1-14     need-based formula applied under this subsection must be designed
1-15     to target services to children from households having income of not
1-16     more than 85 percent of the state median income.
1-17           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.