Bill Text: TX HB257 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding the transition from military service to employment.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB257 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB257-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 257 | ||
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| relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding | ||
| the transition from military service to employment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 302.020 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 302.020. REPORT ON TRANSITION FROM MILITARY SERVICE TO | ||
| EMPLOYMENT. Not later than September 1 of each year, the | ||
| commission, in consultation with the Texas Coordinating Council for | ||
| Veterans Services, shall submit to the governor, lieutenant | ||
| governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and chairs of | ||
| the legislative committees with appropriate jurisdiction a report | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) identifies: | ||
| (A) the five most common military occupational | ||
| specialties of servicemembers who are transitioning from military | ||
| service to employment; | ||
| (B) the five occupations for which the military | ||
| occupational specialties identified in Paragraph (A) best offer | ||
| transferable skills that meet the needs of employers; and | ||
| (C) any industry-based certifications that align | ||
| with the military occupational specialties identified in Paragraph | ||
| (A); and | ||
| (2) includes any other data or other information | ||
| identified by the commission in administering the College Credit | ||
| for Heroes program under Section 302.0031 as useful for supporting | ||
| the transition of servicemembers and veterans into the occupations | ||
| identified under Subdivision (1)(B). | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas | ||
| Workforce Commission shall submit the initial report required by | ||
| Section 302.020, Labor Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 257 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 16, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 257 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
