1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas
 1-3     Workforce Commission for technology training for certain persons.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Section 301.0674 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 301.0674.  PILOT PROGRAM:  TECHNOLOGY TRAINING. (a)  The
 1-8     commission by rule may establish and implement a pilot program
 1-9     under which the commission may provide or, through competitive
1-10     grants, contract with other persons to provide adult technology
1-11     training for residents of the state who:
1-12                 (1)  are first-generation citizens of the United
1-13     States; or
1-14                 (2)  are displaced workers as a result of the North
1-15     American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or other changes in the state
1-16     economy.
1-17           (b)  The pilot program under this section may be established
1-18     to provide training in an urban community, a rural community, and a
1-19     community in the region of the state that borders the United
1-20     Mexican States.
1-21           (c)  The commission may obtain funds for the pilot program
1-22     under this section, to the extent possible, from the
1-23     telecommunications infrastructure fund, the federal government, and
1-24     private corporate partners.
 2-1           (d)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission
 2-2     may submit a report to the governor and the members of the
 2-3     legislature regarding the status and results of the pilot program.
 2-4           (e)  This section expires September 1, 2005.
 2-5           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2593 was passed by the House on May
         5, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2593 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor