By:  Homer (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)                        H.B. No. 3179
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5,  2003; 
May 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Business 
and Commerce; May 21, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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  The following laws are repealed:                                   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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