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.