1-1     By:  Solis, Clark (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)          H.B. No. 2763
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 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 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to federal matching funds for certain child care services
 1-9     funded by a local workforce development board.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 2308.317 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 2308.317.  MATCHING FUNDS FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES. For
1-14     purposes of obtaining federal matching funds for child care
1-15     services, including after-school care provided at a school or a
1-16     federal Head Start program, a board shall use money and in-kind
1-17     services provided by a local school district or local education
1-18     agency for those services to the extent permitted by federal law.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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