2003S0541-1 03/07/03
By: Deuell S.B. No. 1183
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to community service programs under the National and
Community Service Act of 1990.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 302.021, Labor Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The following job-training, employment, and
employment-related educational programs and functions are
consolidated under the authority of the 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.);
(16) [(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.);
(17) [(18)] the food stamp employment and training
program authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d); and
(18) [(19)] the functions of the State Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee.
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 2308.102, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The council shall assume the responsibilities assigned
to the state advisory council under the following federal laws:
(1) the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
Section 1501 et seq.);
(2) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 2301 et seq.);
(3) [the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.);
[(4)] the Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1201
et seq.);
(4) [(5)] the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Section 49
et seq.);
(5) [(6)] Part F, Subchapter IV, Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. Section 681 et seq.);
(6) [(7)] the employment program established under
Section 6(d)(4), Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. Section
2015(d)(4)); and
(7) [(8)] the National Literacy Act of 1991 (20 U.S.C.
Section 1201 et seq.).
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.