Bill Text: TX HB1337 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of state institutions of higher education to provide training to state agency employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1337 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1337-Introduced.html
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By: Allen | H.B. No. 1337 |
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relating to the use of state institutions of higher education to | ||
provide training to state agency employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 656.043, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 656.043. DEFINITIONS [ |
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subchapter: | ||
(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
(2) "State[ |
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agency, or institution of this state, including an institution of | ||
higher education [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 656.049, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 656.049. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. (a) A state agency | ||
may contract with another state, local, or federal department, | ||
agency, or institution, including a state-supported college or | ||
university, to train or educate its administrators and employees or | ||
may join in presenting a training or educational program. | ||
(b) A state agency may not contract with a private person to | ||
train or educate a state agency administrator or employee if the | ||
agency is required under Section 656.050 to use an institution of | ||
higher education to provide the training or education. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 656, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 656.050 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 656.050. TRAINING PROVIDED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER | ||
EDUCATION. (a) A state agency shall use an institution of higher | ||
education to provide training or education to its administrators | ||
and employees if the institution can provide the training or | ||
education: | ||
(1) at a comparable level of quality but at a lower | ||
cost to the agency; | ||
(2) on the subject matter required by the state | ||
agency; | ||
(3) in the geographic area in which the state agency | ||
administrator or employee is located; | ||
(4) not later than the date the agency requires the | ||
training or education to be completed; and | ||
(5) according to a schedule acceptable to the agency. | ||
(b) A state agency may use an institution of higher | ||
education to supplement or enhance the training or education | ||
provided by full-time state agency employees to the agency's other | ||
employees. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 656.049, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the | ||
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the | ||
contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |