BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2478 |
By: Alvarado |
Economic & Small Business Development |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
While the global economic downturn affected most Texans, not all Texans were affected equally. Interested parties contend that for Texas to remain economically competitive, the state must do all it can to obtain, provide, and act on useful data concerning shortages of high-wage, high-demand occupations, especially in the industrial job sector.
In its report to the 82nd Legislature, the House Interim Committee on Manufacturing recommended that the legislature identify current and potential job shortages by class and develop additional training capacity for the most undersupplied classes of jobs. C.S.H.B. 2478 seeks to address these concerns in keeping with that recommendation by providing for a study to identify current and potential job shortages.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2478 amends the Labor Code to require the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to gather and study information relating to existing and projected shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations in Texas. The bill requires the study to include information on existing and projected shortages in such occupations in industrial job sectors as specified by the bill.
C.S.H.B. 2478 requires TWC, not later than January 1 of each year, to submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer of each standing committee or subcommittee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over workforce development matters a detailed report summarizing the results of TWC's study under the bill's provisions for the most recent state fiscal year and any suggestions and recommendations for legislative action TWC considers appropriate resulting from that study. The bill requires TWC to submit the initial report to the governor and the legislature not later than January 1, 2015.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2478 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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