1-1     By:  Madla                                             S.B. No. 970
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2001; February 28, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 1-4     March 26, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 26, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 970                    By:  Lucio
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to certain requirements for the composition of a local
1-11     workforce development board.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 2308.255, Government
1-14     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-15           (b)  The appointments must:
1-16                 (1)  be consistent with the local government agreement
1-17     and applicable federal and state law; [and]
1-18                 (2)  reflect the ethnic and gender [geographic]
1-19     diversity of the workforce development area; and
1-20                 (3)  reflect the geographic diversity of the workforce
1-21     development area by:
1-22                       (A)  including at least one member from each
1-23     county in the workforce development area; and
1-24                       (B)  ensuring equal representation from each
1-25     commissioners precinct in the county if the board is in a county
1-26     with a population of more than one million.
1-27           SECTION 2.  If the change in law made by this Act by the
1-28     amendment of Subsection (b), Section 2308.255, Government Code,
1-29     conflicts with federal law or would have the effect of invalidating
1-30     a waiver granted under federal law, the chief elected officials
1-31     responsible for appointing the members of a local workforce
1-32     development board are not required to comply with the change made
1-33     by this Act.
1-34           SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-35           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies to a local
1-36     workforce development board created on or after the effective date
1-37     of this Act.
1-38           (c)  The chief elected officials responsible for appointing
1-39     members to a local workforce development board created before the
1-40     effective date of this Act shall appoint new members to the board
1-41     that reflect the requirements of this Act as vacancies occur on the
1-42     board or as the terms of members serving on the board on or before
1-43     the effective date of this Act expire.
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