78R9575 JMM-D


By:  Chavez, Castro, Thompson,                                    H.B. No. 2172
 
    Keffer of Eastland, Solis                                                


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to administration of certain workforce development 
programs by the Texas Workforce Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 302.021, Labor Code, is amended to read 
as follows:      
	Sec. 302.021.  CONSOLIDATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS.  (a)  The following job-training, employment, and 
employment-related educational programs and functions are 
consolidated under the authority of the commission [division]:
		(1)  adult education programs under Subchapter H, 
Chapter 29, Education Code;
		(2)  proprietary school programs under Chapter 132, 
Education Code;         
		(3)  apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133, 
Education Code;             
		(4)  postsecondary vocational and technical 
job-training programs that are not a part of approved courses or 
programs that lead to licensing, certification, or an associate 
degree under Chapters 61, 130, and 135, Education Code, Subchapter 
E, Chapter 88, Education Code, and Subchapter E, Chapter 96, 
Education Code;
		(5)  employment programs under Chapter 31, Human 
Resources Code;            
		(6)  the senior citizens employment program under 
Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
		(7)  the work and family policies program under Chapter 
81;                 
		(8)  job-training programs funded under the [Job 
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1501 et seq.) and under 
the] Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et 
seq.);
		(9)  the job counseling program for displaced 
homemakers under Chapter 304; 
		(10)  the reintegration of offenders program under 
Chapter 306;             
		(11)  the inmate employment counseling program [under 
Section 499.051(f), Government Code];
		(12)  the continuity of care program under Section 
501.095, Government Code;
		(13)  a literacy program from state, local, federal, 
and private funds available to the state for that purpose;
		(14)  the employment service;                                                 
		(15)  the community service program under the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.);
		(16)  the trade adjustment assistance program under 
Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et 
seq.);
		(17)  education, employment, employment support, 
training services, activities and programs funded under Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.);
		(18)  the food stamp employment and training program 
authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d); and
		(19)  the functions of the State Occupational 
Information Coordinating Committee.
	(b)  In addition to the programs consolidated under the 
authority of the commission [division] under Subsection (a), the 
commission [division] shall administer:
		(1)  programs in this state to enhance the employment 
opportunities of veterans of the armed services of the United 
States, including the employment program funded under Chapters 41 
and 42, Title 38, United States Code;
		(2)  child-care services provided under Chapter 44, 
Human Resources Code; and
		(3)  programs established in this state through federal 
funding to conduct full service career development centers and 
school-to-work transition services.
	(c)  To the extent permitted under federal law, the 
commission [division] shall administer the programs funded through 
the education coordination funds under Section 123, Job Training 
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1533).
	(d)  To the extent permitted under federal law, the 
commission [division] shall promote and monitor services provided 
to persons with disabilities, including persons referred from the 
Texas Rehabilitation Commission.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.