Bill Text: TX HB2478 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the collection, study, and reporting by the Texas Workforce Commission of certain information regarding shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2478 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2478-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2478 | ||
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| relating to the collection, study, and reporting by the Texas | ||
| Workforce Commission of certain information regarding shortages in | ||
| high-wage, high-demand occupations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 302.019 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 302.019. OCCUPATIONAL SHORTAGE STUDY; REPORT. (a) | ||
| The commission shall gather and study information relating to | ||
| existing and projected shortages in high-wage, high-demand | ||
| occupations in this state. The study conducted by the commission | ||
| under this section must include information on existing and | ||
| projected shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations in | ||
| industrial job sectors, including: | ||
| (1) construction; | ||
| (2) manufacturing; | ||
| (3) agriculture; | ||
| (4) forestry; | ||
| (5) health care and social services; | ||
| (6) education; | ||
| (7) transportation and warehousing; | ||
| (8) mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; | ||
| (9) utilities; | ||
| (10) wholesale trade; | ||
| (11) retail trade; | ||
| (12) finance and insurance; | ||
| (13) professional, scientific, and technical | ||
| services; and | ||
| (14) hospitality and food services. | ||
| (b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the commission | ||
| shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker | ||
| of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer of each | ||
| standing committee or subcommittee of the legislature with primary | ||
| jurisdiction over workforce development matters a detailed report | ||
| summarizing the results of the commission's study under this | ||
| section for the most recent state fiscal year and any suggestions | ||
| and recommendations for legislative action the commission | ||
| considers appropriate resulting from that study. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall submit the | ||
| initial report to the governor and the legislature as required by | ||
| Section 302.019, Labor Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
| January 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2478 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2478 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
