H.B. No. 3179
AN ACT
relating to the elimination of certain membership requirements for
local workforce development boards and of certain programs
administered by those boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2308.256(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Private sector representatives on the board are
selected from individuals nominated by general-purpose business
organizations that have consulted with and received
recommendations from other business organizations in the workforce
development area. [The number of the nominations may not be less
than 150 percent of the number of individuals to be appointed under
Subsection (a)(1).] The nominations and the individuals selected
from the nominations must reasonably represent the industrial and
demographic composition of the business community. Not less than
one-half of the business and industry representatives must be, if
possible, representatives of small businesses, including minority
businesses.
SECTION 2. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Section 2308.3036, Government Code;
(2) Section 2308.3037, Government Code; and
(3) Section 2308.3038, Government Code.
SECTION 3. (a) The local workforce development board
demonstration project program established under Section 2308.3036,
Government Code, is abolished on the effective date of this Act.
(b) All unobligated and unexpended balances in the local
workforce development board demonstration project fund account
created under Section 2308.3037, Government Code, as that section
existed immediately before repeal by this Act, are transferred on
the effective date of this Act to the general revenue fund.
SECTION 4. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3179 was passed by the House on May 2,
2003, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3179 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor