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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the coordination and administration of the Texas Career |
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Opportunity Grant Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 305.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 305.003. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. The commission |
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and the coordinating board shall enter into a memorandum of |
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understanding for the coordination and administration of the grant |
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program established under Subchapter B. Functions assigned to the |
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commission under this chapter may be assigned to the coordinating |
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board pursuant to the memorandum of understanding. |
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SECTION 2. The transfer to the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board of any functions relating to the administration |
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of the Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program pursuant to a |
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memorandum of understanding entered into under Section 305.003, |
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Labor Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with grants |
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awarded for the 2010 fall semester. Grants awarded for an academic |
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period before that semester are covered by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |