79R9550 KSD-D

By:  Paxton                                                       H.B. No. 2960



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the abolition of the work and family policies advisory 
committee, work and family policies fund, and certain requirements 
for the Texas Workforce Commission's administration of federally 
established day-care programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 191.022(f), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(f)  A local registrar who collects a fee for a certified 
copy of a birth certificate shall deduct 20 cents of that fee to 
apply to the registrar's administrative costs and remit $1.80 of 
that fee to the comptroller [for deposit in the work and family 
policies fund].
	SECTION 2.  Section 81.001, Labor Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 81.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                   
		(1)  "Clearinghouse" means the Work and Family Policies 
Clearinghouse.      
		(2)  "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
[Employment] Commission.
		[(3)  "Committee" means the Work and Family Policies 
Advisory Committee.]
	SECTION 3.  Section 81.007, Labor Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 81.007.  RULES.  The commission by rule may adopt 
procedures to implement functions under Sections 81.004 and [,] 
81.005[, and 81.006(b)].  In adopting rules under this section, the 
commission shall consider the recommendations of the clearinghouse 
staff.
	SECTION 4.  Section 118.015(b), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A county clerk who collects a fee under this section for 
a certified copy of a birth certificate shall deposit the fee into 
the county treasury.  The state's portion of the fee shall be sent 
to the comptroller as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133[, for 
deposit in the work and family policies fund].
	SECTION 5.  The following laws are repealed:                                   
		(1)  Sections 44.002(c) and (d), Human Resources Code;                        
		(2)  Section 191.0045(f), Health and Safety Code; and                         
		(3)  Sections 81.002, 81.004(b), 81.006, and 81.009, 
Labor Code.            
	SECTION 6.  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.