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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of an innovative workforce training |
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center in the Rio Grande Valley. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.094 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.094. INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER. (a) In |
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this section, "training center" means the Innovative Workforce |
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Training Center established under this section. |
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(b) The Innovative Workforce Training Center is established |
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to develop and provide initial and continuing education and |
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training for workers in the Rio Grande Valley, including education |
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and training in the following specific areas: |
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(1) welding; |
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(2) civil, commercial, residential, and industrial |
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construction; |
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(3) installing electrical systems; |
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(4) installing heating, ventilation, and |
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air-conditioning systems; and |
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(5) mechatronics. |
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(c) Texas Southmost College shall administer the training |
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center. The headquarters of the training center are located at |
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Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. The training center may |
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use property and facilities owned or leased by Texas Southmost |
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College. |
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(d) The training center may solicit and accept gifts and |
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grants from any public or private source for purposes of this |
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section. The legislature may appropriate money for purposes of |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |