TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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By:  Zaffirini                                        S.B. No. 78



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to disbursements and expenditures for certain child-care 
activities funded under the federal Child Care and Development 
Block Grant.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2308.317(a), Government Code, as added 
by  Chapter 1517, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 
2001, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Section 
2308.319, the Texas Workforce Commission shall ensure that, to the 
extent federal child care development funds dedicated to quality 
improvement activities are used to improve quality and availability 
of child care, those funds are used only for quality child care 
programs.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2308.319 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2308.319.  RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF CERTAIN DEDICATED 
CHILD CARE FUNDS.  To the extent the state is required to dedicate 
more than four percent of the amount of federal child care 
development funds for the purposes provided by 42 U.S.C. Section 
9858e, the commission, unless otherwise required  by federal law, 
shall ensure that any amount of the dedicated funds in excess of 
four percent:
		(1)  is disbursed to boards for activities and 
initiatives that improve the quality of child care; and
		(2)  is not used for the direct provision of child care.               
	SECTION 3.  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.