BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 3256 |
By: Farias |
Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note that veterans often face great difficulties in adjusting to civilian life after returning from deployment. Reports frequently show that the unemployment rate for young veterans is higher than the national average and particularly high among female veterans. These parties assert that a lack of understanding in the way that military skills and experience translate to skills and experience in civilian life greatly contributes to veterans' unemployment issues. C.S.H.B. 3256 seeks to foster a better understanding of the value of military experience and to help veterans in their transition to civilian life.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Workforce Commission in SECTION 1 of this bill.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 3256 amends the Labor Code to require the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), as soon practicable after the bill's effective date, to develop and maintain a web-based searchable database through which prospective employers may qualify a veteran's military service experience and employment qualifications related to specific skills. The bill requires the database to allow the conversion of a veteran's military service experience into the approximate equivalent civilian employment experience and skills that the veteran possesses by virtue of that service. The bill prohibits the database from collecting, retrieving, storing, or using any identifying information of a veteran. The bill authorizes the TWC to adopt rules to implement the bill's provisions.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 3256 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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