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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to cooperation by economic development program |
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participants with local workforce development boards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 12, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 399A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 399A. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLANNING AND |
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DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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Sec. 399A.001. COOPERATION WITH LOCAL WORKFORCE |
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DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. (a) An employer who is participating in an |
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economic development program administered by a county or |
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municipality and is hiring one or more employees to fill vacancies |
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in the employer's open positions shall contact the local workforce |
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development board established under Chapter 2308, Government Code, |
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for the employer's workforce development area to determine whether |
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any participants in a career development center established by the |
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board under Section 2308.312, Government Code, are qualified to |
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fill the vacancies and consider those qualified participants when |
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filling the vacancies. |
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(b) An employer shall give additional consideration when |
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filling vacancies under this section to an applicant for employment |
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who receives state or federal public assistance, including: |
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(1) unemployment insurance benefit payments; and |
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(2) assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |