1-1     By:  Chavez, Solis (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)       H.B. No. 2593
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
 1-4     and Commerce; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas
 1-9     Workforce Commission for technology training for certain persons.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Section 301.0674 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 301.0674.  PILOT PROGRAM:  TECHNOLOGY TRAINING. (a)  The
1-14     commission by rule may establish and implement a pilot program
1-15     under which the commission may provide or, through competitive
1-16     grants, contract with other persons to provide adult technology
1-17     training for residents of the state who:
1-18                 (1)  are first-generation citizens of the United
1-19     States; or
1-20                 (2)  are displaced workers as a result of the North
1-21     American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or other changes in the state
1-22     economy.
1-23           (b)  The pilot program under this section may be established
1-24     to provide training in an urban community, a rural community, and a
1-25     community in the region of the state that borders the United
1-26     Mexican States.
1-27           (c)  The commission may obtain funds for the pilot program
1-28     under this section, to the extent possible, from the
1-29     telecommunications infrastructure fund, the federal government, and
1-30     private corporate partners.
1-31           (d)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission
1-32     may submit a report to the governor and the members of the
1-33     legislature regarding the status and results of the pilot program.
1-34           (e)  This section expires September 1, 2005.
1-35           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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