Amend CSHB 238 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 7, strike "and 2306.939" and substitute"2306.939, and 2306.940".
(2) On page 3, line 25, between "(a)" and "The", insert the following:
In this section, "designated representative" means an individual ororganization to whom a migrant agricultural worker has given written authorization to exercise the worker's right to file a complaint under this section.
(a-1)
(3) On page 4, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(a-2) The process established under Subsection (a-1)(1) must allow the submission of complaints:
(1) only by:
(A) an occupant of the migrant labor housing facility that is the subject of the complaint;
(B) a prospective occupant of the migrant laborhousing facility that is the subject of the complaint;
(C) the designated representative of a person described by Paragraph (A) or (B); or
(D) an individual, including the owner or tenant of an adjacent property, that has observed a clear violation of this subchapter; and
(2) through the department's Internet website, in person at any department office, or by telephone or written notice to the department.
(4) On page 4, line 11, between "of" and "complaint", insert "the".
(5) On page 5, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
(e) A designated representative may not be required to reveal the name of any migrant agricultural worker on whose behalf the representative submitted a complaint under this section if the department reviews the written authorization establishing the representation and verifies that the representative is authorized to submit the complaint.
(6) On page 5, line 14, strike "submits" and substitute "receives notice under Section 2306.934(c) or who does not submit".
(7) On page 7, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
Sec. 2306.940. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. (a) The department shall provide:
(1) to migrant agricultural workers in different regions of the state, educational materials or programs that are presented in English, Spanish, and other languages as appropriate and that inform the workers of their rights and remedies under this subchapter; and
(2) to persons who own, establish, maintain, operate, procure, make arrangements for, or otherwise provide migrant labor housing facilities, educational materials or programs that are presented in English, Spanish, and other languages as appropriate and that inform the persons of their obligations under this subchapter.
(b) To better provide the services described by Subsection (a), the department shall:
(1) ensure that, in each region of the state where migrant labor housing facilities are most common, there are persons capable of providing the information described by Subsection (a) in English, Spanish, and other languages as appropriate; and
(2) conduct research, including by surveying migrant agricultural workers, concerning:
(A) what types of migrant labor housing facilities are most common in different regions of the state; and
(B) what regions of the state most need additional or improved migrant labor housing facilities.