By Noriega H.B. No. 2786 77R8198 KSD-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to assist the 1-3 Texas National Guard in the implementation of certain youth and 1-4 adult job-training and mentoring programs. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 302.021, Labor Code, is amended by adding 1-7 Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-8 (e) To the extent permitted under federal law, the division 1-9 shall coordinate the implementation of the Texas National Guard's 1-10 youth About Face programs and adult Forward March programs through 1-11 local workforce development boards. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 2308.312, Government Code, is amended by 1-13 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-14 (d) Each center shall, in cooperation with the Texas 1-15 National Guard, implement the Texas National Guard's youth About 1-16 Face programs and adult Forward March programs by: 1-17 (1) acting as fiscal agent for activities under the 1-18 programs; 1-19 (2) determining eligibility for participation in the 1-20 programs and referring eligible individuals to the Texas National 1-21 Guard for participation in the programs; and 1-22 (3) processing reports required by the programs. 1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-24 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-1 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-2 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-3 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.