By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1714


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the administration of certain employment programs for 
veterans. 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 302.021, Labor Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as 
follows:
	(b)  In addition to the programs consolidated under the 
authority of the commission under Subsection (a), the commission 
shall administer:
		(1)  [programs in this state to enhance the employment 
opportunities of veterans of the armed services of the United 
States, including the employment program funded under Chapters 41 
and 42, Title 38, United States Code;
		[(2)]  child-care services provided under Chapter 44, 
Human Resources Code; and
		(2) [(3)]  programs established in this state through 
federal funding to conduct full service career development centers 
and school-to-work transition services.
	(b-1)  In addition to the programs consolidated under the 
authority of the commission under Subsection (a) and the programs 
and services administered by the commission under Subsection (b), 
the commission shall operate programs in this state, with services 
provided by state employees, that only enhance the employment 
opportunities of eligible veterans of the armed services of the 
United States, including the employment program funded under 
Chapters 41 and 42, Title 38, United States Code.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (g), Section 302.062, Labor Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(g)  Block grant funding under this section does not apply 
to:               
		(1)  the work and family policies program under Chapter 
81;                 
		(2)  a program under the skills development fund 
created under Chapter 303; 
		(3)  the job counseling program for displaced 
homemakers under Chapter 304; 
		(4)  the Communities In Schools program under 
Subchapter E, Chapter 33, Education Code, to the extent that funds 
are available to the commission for that program;
		(5)  the reintegration of offenders program under 
Chapter 306;              
		(6)  apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133, 
Education Code;             
		(7)  the continuity of care program under Section 
501.095, Government Code; 
		(8)  employment programs under Chapter 31, Human 
Resources Code;            
		(9)  the senior citizens employment program under 
Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
		(10)  the programs described by Section 302.021(b)(2)
[302.021(b)(3)];
		(11)  the community service program under the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.);
		(12)  the trade adjustment assistance program under 
Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et 
seq.);
		(13)  the programs to enhance the employment 
opportunities of veterans; and 
		(14)  the functions of the State Occupational 
Information Coordinating Committee.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.