78R9576 KSD-D


By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 2975

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2975:                                   

By:  Canales                                                  C.S.H.B. No. 2975



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas 
Workforce Commission in the Texas-Mexico border region for 
technology training of certain persons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is 
amended by adding Section 301.0675 to read as follows:
	Sec. 301.0675.  PILOT PROGRAM; TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER REGION 
TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.  (a)  In this section, "Texas-Mexico border 
region" has the meaning assigned by Section 2056.002(e), Government 
Code.
	(b)  The commission by rule may establish and implement a 
pilot program in the Texas-Mexico border region under which the 
commission may competitively procure adult technology training for 
residents of the state who are workers displaced as a result of 
trade dislocations or other changes in the state economy.
	(c)  If the commission establishes a pilot program under this 
section, the commission may:
		(1)  use:                                                              
			(A)  existing state-funded technology 
infrastructures to the extent possible to implement the pilot 
program; and
			(B)  curriculum and instruction models developed 
by the commission to implement Section 301.0674;
		(2)  obtain funds for the pilot program to the extent 
possible from any state, federal, or private source; and
		(3)  collaborate with appropriate federal and state 
agencies and local workforce development boards to implement the 
pilot program.
	(d)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, 
the commission shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant 
governor, and the speaker of the house a report regarding the status 
and results of a pilot program established under this section.
	(e)  This section expires September 1, 2007.                            
	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.