Bill Text: TX HB700 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that fund.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB700 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB700-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 700 | ||
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| relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain | ||
| entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of that | ||
| fund. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 303.001(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative | ||
| barriers that impede the response of public community and technical | ||
| colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce | ||
| development boards, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service | ||
| to industry and workforce training needs and to develop incentives | ||
| for public community and technical colleges, community-based | ||
| organizations, local workforce development boards, and the Texas | ||
| A&M Engineering Extension Service to provide customized assessment | ||
| and training in a timely and efficient manner. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 303.002(b), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A public community or technical college or the Texas A&M | ||
| Engineering Extension Service may recover customized assessment | ||
| and training costs incurred by the institution if: | ||
| (1) there is an actual or projected labor shortage in | ||
| the occupation in which training is provided that is not being met | ||
| by an existing institution or program in the area; and | ||
| (2) the wages at the time of job placement for | ||
| individuals who successfully complete customized training at the | ||
| public community or technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
| Extension Service are equal to the prevailing wage for that | ||
| occupation in the local labor market area. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 303.003(b), (f), (g), and (h), Labor | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The skills development fund may be used by public | ||
| community and technical colleges, community-based organizations, | ||
| local workforce development boards, and the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
| Extension Service as start-up or emergency funds for the following | ||
| job-training purposes: | ||
| (1) developing customized training programs for | ||
| businesses and trade unions; and | ||
| (2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business | ||
| networks and consortiums. | ||
| (f) The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall focus | ||
| the service's training activities under this chapter on programs | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) are statewide in nature; or | ||
| (2) are not available from a local junior college | ||
| district, a local technical college, or a consortium of junior | ||
| college districts. | ||
| (g) This section does not prohibit the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
| Extension Service from participating in a consortium of junior | ||
| college districts or with a technical college that provides | ||
| training under this chapter. | ||
| (h) A community-based organization may apply for money to | ||
| participate in a training program only in partnership with a | ||
| community and technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
| Extension Service. A community-based organization providing | ||
| services regulated by the state shall provide evidence of any | ||
| certification, license, or registration required by law. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) The Texas Workforce Commission shall | ||
| conduct a study on and develop recommendations for increasing the | ||
| effectiveness of the skills development fund established under | ||
| Chapter 303, Labor Code. The recommendations must include | ||
| strategies for better achieving the fund's purposes, improving | ||
| outcomes, and expanding participation in the opportunities | ||
| available through the fund. | ||
| (b) Not later than December 1, 2020, the Texas Workforce | ||
| Commission shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, | ||
| the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the | ||
| legislative committees with appropriate jurisdiction a report | ||
| detailing the commission's findings and recommendations under | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 700 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 12, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
| H.B. No. 700 on May 17, 2019, and requested the appointment of a | ||
| conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
| houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
| on H.B. No. 700 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 111, | ||
| Nays 28, 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 700 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays | ||
| 6; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
| committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
| that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
| 700 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
