By: Madla S.B. No. 970
2001S0611/1
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain diversity requirements for appointments to
1-3 local workforce development boards.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 2308.255, Government
1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The appointments must:
1-8 (1) be consistent with the local government agreement
1-9 and applicable federal and state law; [and]
1-10 (2) reflect the ethnic and gender [geographic]
1-11 diversity of the workforce development area; and
1-12 (3) reflect the geographic diversity of the workforce
1-13 development area by:
1-14 (A) including one appointment from each county
1-15 within the workforce development area; and
1-16 (B) in counties with a population of more than
1-17 one million, ensuring equal representation from each of the county
1-18 commissioners precincts.
1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.