Bill Text: TX HB1574 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the collection, evaluation, maintenance, and reporting of certain workforce and employment data by the Texas Workforce Commission.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Considered in Calendars [HB1574 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1574-Comm_Sub.html

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By: McClendon H.B. No. 1574

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection, evaluation, maintenance, and reporting
of certain workforce and employment data by the Texas Workforce
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 302.018 to read as follows:
Sec. 302.018. WORKFORCE AND EMPLOYMENT DATA; REPORT. (a)
The commission shall gather, evaluate, and maintain data, including
relevant statistical information, relating to the existing
workforce and employment needs, trends, and opportunities in this
state. The information collected by the commission under this
section must include the following categories of information:
(1) the types and non-exempt and exempt levels of
employment available in the private and public sectors;
(2) the number of full-time, part-time, permanent, and
temporary workers by industry and region;
(3) a comparison between the number of available
positions offering full-time employment and those offering a
maximum of part-time employment;
(4) the estimated cost to the state of part-time
employees and workers who apply for public assistance programs; and
(5) a review of the statewide economic conditions
affecting relevant economic conditions and trends, including
annual changes in aggregate part-time and full-time employment
statuses, productivity, cost of living by region, purchasing power,
and other relevant criteria.
(b) To implement the measures required by this section, the
commission shall utilize resources and services available to the
commission. Additionally, the commission may coordinate with
federal and state agencies as necessary or appropriate to determine
any of the information required to be collected and evaluated under
this section, and may apply for and utilize grant-based funding
programs and may negotiate and enter into contracts with
not-for-profit entities.
(c) Not later than October 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 data collected by the commission under this section
for the most recent state fiscal year and any suggestions and
recommendations for legislative action the commission considers
appropriate resulting from the commission's analysis of that data.
(d) The commission shall maintain in a prominent location on
its publicly accessible Internet website for use by job seekers and
the public a link to a summary of the most recent data collected by
the commission under this section.
SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall submit the
initial report to the governor and the legislature as required by
Section 302.018, Labor Code, as added by this Act, not later than
October 1, 2014.
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.