Bill Text: TX HB108 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the skills development fund to facilitate the relocation to or expansion in this state of employers offering complex or high-skilled employment opportunities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB108 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB108-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 108 |
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relating to the use of the skills development fund to facilitate the | ||
relocation to or expansion in this state of employers offering | ||
complex or high-skilled employment opportunities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 303, Labor Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 303.0031 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 303.0031. USE OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND TO RECRUIT | ||
CERTAIN EMPLOYERS. (a) In this section, "public junior college" | ||
and "public technical institute" have the meanings assigned by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
(b) In addition to the purposes described by Section | ||
303.001, the commission may use the skills development fund to | ||
provide an intensive and rapid response to, and support services | ||
for, employers expanding in or relocating their operations to this | ||
state, with a focus on recruiting employers who will provide | ||
complex or high-skilled employment opportunities in this state. | ||
(c) The commission may use funds available for the purpose | ||
of this section to: | ||
(1) provide leadership and direction to, and linkage | ||
among, out-of-state employers, economic development organizations, | ||
local workforce development boards, public junior colleges, and | ||
public technical institutes to address the employers' needs for | ||
recruitment and hiring for complex or high-skilled employment | ||
positions as necessary to facilitate employers' relocation to or | ||
expansion of operations in this state; and | ||
(2) award grants to a public junior college or public | ||
technical institute providing workforce training and related | ||
support services to employers who commit to establishing a place of | ||
business in this state. | ||
(d) A grant awarded under this section may be used only for: | ||
(1) developing: | ||
(A) customized workforce training programs for | ||
an employer's specific business needs; | ||
(B) fast-track curriculum; | ||
(C) workforce training-related support services | ||
for employers; or | ||
(D) instructor certification necessary to | ||
provide workforce training; and | ||
(2) acquiring training equipment necessary for | ||
instructor certification and employment. | ||
(e) The executive director, or a person appointed by the | ||
executive director who is knowledgeable in the administration of | ||
grants, is responsible for the distribution of grant money under | ||
this section. | ||
(f) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
donations from any public or private source for the purpose of this | ||
section. | ||
(g) The commission may require, as a condition of receiving | ||
money under this section, that a recipient agree to repay the amount | ||
received and any related interest if the commission determines that | ||
the money was not used for the purposes for which the money was | ||
awarded. | ||
(h) Money may not be used under this section to pay any | ||
training costs or other related costs of an employer to relocate the | ||
employer's worksite from one location in this state to another | ||
location in this state. | ||
(i) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 108 was passed by the House on May 11, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 30, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 108 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |