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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a combined online application for persons applying for |
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certain state and local economic development incentives. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 481, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 481.0785 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 481.0785. COMBINED ONLINE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN |
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STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. (a) The office, |
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in coordination with the Texas Workforce Commission and the |
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comptroller, shall establish a single online application that |
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persons, including employers and public community and technical |
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colleges, may use to apply for monetary incentives from the Texas |
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Enterprise Fund under this subchapter and the skills development |
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fund under Chapter 303, Labor Code, and tax incentives under |
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Chapter 313, Tax Code. |
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(b) The single application shall be made available on the |
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office of the governor's Internet website, and the Texas Workforce |
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Commission's and the comptroller's Internet websites shall provide |
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a link to the application. If a school district maintains a |
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generally accessible Internet website, the district shall provide |
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on its website a link to the application. |
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SECTION 2. Section 303.005(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An employer may not apply both to a public community or |
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technical college for customized training and assessment from the |
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college through a grant issued to the college under the skills |
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development fund program established under this chapter and for a |
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grant under the Texas Enterprise Fund program established under |
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Subchapter E, Chapter 481, Government Code, unless the employer and |
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the college file an application for concurrent participation in |
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both programs using a single application under Section 481.0785, |
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Government Code [that complies with any rules adopted by the Texas
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Workforce Commission on concurrent participation]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 313.031, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) For purposes of this chapter, including Section |
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313.025(a), an application made using a single application under |
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Section 481.0785, Government Code, is considered to be an |
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application on a form prescribed by the comptroller. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |