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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of sales and use tax proceeds by certain economic |
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development corporations for certain job-related skills training. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 501.163 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.163. USE OF TAX REVENUE FOR JOB-RELATED SKILLS |
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TRAINING BY CERTAIN CORPORATIONS. (a) This section applies only to |
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a corporation the creation of which was authorized by a |
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municipality that: |
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(1) has a population of 10,000 or more; |
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(2) is located in a county bordering the Gulf of Mexico |
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or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; and |
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(3) has, or is included in a metropolitan statistical |
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area of this state that has, an unemployment rate that averaged at |
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least two percent above the state average for the most recent two |
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consecutive years for which statistics are available. |
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(b) A corporation may spend tax revenue received under this |
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subtitle for job training that consists of: |
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(1) providing job-related life skills sufficient to |
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enable an unemployed individual to obtain employment; and |
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(2) providing job training skills sufficient to enable |
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an unemployed individual to obtain employment. |
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(c) A corporation to which this section applies may contract |
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with any person to provide the job training authorized under this |
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section. |
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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, 2013. |