BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 827 |
By: Blanco |
Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that a crucial part of a veteran's reintegration into civilian life after returning from deployment is finding employment and that a lack of understanding of how military skills and experience translate into civilian employment skills and experience can complicate this reintegration. C.S.H.B. 827 seeks to address this issue by providing for a searchable database through which prospective employers may qualify a veteran's military service experience and employment qualifications.
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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. 827 amends the Labor Code to require the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to develop and maintain or make available 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 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 and prohibits the database from collecting, retrieving, storing, or using any personally 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, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 827 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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