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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to block grant funding for certain workforce training and |
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employment programs and functions by the Texas Workforce |
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Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 302.062(g), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) A program or function described by this subsection may |
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not be funded by block grant unless the block grant funding is |
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specifically authorized for the program or function under other |
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state law [Block grant funding under this section does not apply
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to]: |
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(1) the work and family policies program under Chapter |
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81; |
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(2) a program under the skills development fund |
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created under Chapter 303; |
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(3) the job counseling program for displaced |
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homemakers under Chapter 304; |
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(4) the Communities In Schools program under |
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Subchapter E, Chapter 33, Education Code, to the extent that funds |
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are available to the commission for that program; |
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(5) the reintegration of offenders program under |
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Chapter 306; |
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(6) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133, |
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Education Code; |
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(7) the continuity of care program under Section |
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501.095, Government Code; |
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(8) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human |
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Resources Code; |
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(9) the senior citizens employment program under |
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Chapter 101, Human Resources Code; |
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(10) the programs described by Section 302.021(b)(2); |
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(11) the community service program under the National |
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and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.); |
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(12) the trade adjustment assistance program under |
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Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et |
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seq.); |
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(13) the programs to enhance the employment |
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opportunities of veterans; [and] |
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(14) the functions of the State Occupational |
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Information Coordinating Committee; and |
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(15) the functions of the employment service. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |