By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 1331



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to interagency cooperation.                                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 771.002(1), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
		(1)  "Agency" includes:                                                       
			(A)  a department, board, bureau, commission, 
court, office, authority, council, or institution;
			(B)  a university, junior college district, or any 
service or part of a state institution of higher education;
			(C)  a local workforce development board created 
under Section 2308.253; and
			(D)  any statewide job or employment training 
program for disadvantaged youth that is substantially financed by 
federal funds and that was created by executive order not later than 
December 30, 1986.
		(2)  "Resources" means materials and equipment.                               
		(3)  "Services" means special or technical services, 
including the services of employees.
	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, 2005.