1-1     By:  Noriega (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)          H.B. No. 2786
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001;
 1-3     May 11, 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 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to assist the
 1-9     Texas National Guard in the implementation of certain youth
1-10     job-training and mentoring programs.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Section 302.021, Labor Code, is amended by adding
1-13     Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-14           (e)  To the extent permitted under federal law, the division
1-15     shall coordinate the implementation of the Texas National Guard's
1-16     youth About Face programs through local workforce development
1-17     boards.
1-18           SECTION 2. Section 2308.312, Government Code, is amended by
1-19     adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-20           (d)  Each center shall, in cooperation with the Texas
1-21     National Guard, implement the Texas National Guard's youth About
1-22     Face programs by:
1-23                 (1)  acting as fiscal agent for activities under the
1-24     programs;
1-25                 (2)  determining eligibility for participation in the
1-26     programs and referring eligible individuals to the Texas National
1-27     Guard for participation in the programs; and
1-28                 (3)  processing reports required by the programs.
1-29           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-30     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-31     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-32     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-33     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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