Bill Text: TX HB2036 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a commission to identify future higher education and workforce needs of this state and make related recommendations to address those needs by the state's bicentennial.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2036 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2036-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2036 |
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relating to the creation of a commission to identify future higher | ||
education and workforce needs of this state and make related | ||
recommendations to address those needs by the state's bicentennial. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 4, Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 490F to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 490F. TEXAS 2036 COMMISSION | ||
Sec. 490F.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "commission" | ||
means the Texas 2036 Commission. | ||
Sec. 490F.002. CREATION OF COMMISSION; COMPOSITION. (a) | ||
The Texas 2036 Commission is created. | ||
(b) The commission is composed of the following members: | ||
(1) the presiding officer of the legislative standing | ||
committee in each house of the legislature with primary | ||
jurisdiction over higher education; | ||
(2) the commissioner of higher education; | ||
(3) the chair of the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board; | ||
(4) the chair of the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(5) the chair of a governing board of an institution of | ||
higher education appointed by the governor; | ||
(6) a trustee of a public junior college district | ||
appointed by the governor; | ||
(7) two persons appointed by the lieutenant governor, | ||
one of whom must possess experience in the field of education; and | ||
(8) two persons appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives, one of whom must possess experience in the | ||
field of education. | ||
(c) Appointed members of the commission serve for two years | ||
and may be reappointed. | ||
(d) Appointments to the commission shall be made without | ||
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or | ||
national origin of the appointee. | ||
(e) A vacancy in an appointed office of the commission shall | ||
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. | ||
Sec. 490F.003. OFFICERS. The members serving under Section | ||
490F.002(b)(1) shall serve as presiding officers of the commission | ||
and are entitled to vote on all matters before the commission. | ||
Sec. 490F.004. COMPENSATION. A member of the commission | ||
serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for | ||
actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as a | ||
member of the commission, subject to any applicable limitation on | ||
reimbursement provided by the General Appropriations Act. | ||
Sec. 490F.005. MEETINGS. The commission shall meet at the | ||
call of the presiding officers and as provided by commission rule. | ||
Sec. 490F.006. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION. (a) The | ||
commission may adopt rules as necessary for its procedures. | ||
(b) The commission, with an emphasis on the changing | ||
demographics of this state, shall: | ||
(1) assess and identify future higher education and | ||
workforce needs in the state and the state's ability to meet those | ||
needs; and | ||
(2) develop recommendations for meeting those needs by | ||
the state's bicentennial in 2036, including recommendations for | ||
achieving the following goals by that date: | ||
(A) attaining a state workforce in which at least | ||
60 percent of its workers hold a postsecondary credential, | ||
certificate, or degree of value in the workplace; | ||
(B) increasing by at least three the number of | ||
institutions of higher education designated as research | ||
institutions under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's | ||
accountability system; | ||
(C) ensuring the alignment of workforce | ||
development with higher education in this state; | ||
(D) increasing the college-attending population | ||
in this state to a level that is comparable to the best performing | ||
states on that measure; | ||
(E) improving the affordability of higher | ||
education in this state while maintaining excellence; and | ||
(F) ensuring the global competitiveness of the | ||
state workforce. | ||
Sec. 490F.007. REPORTS. Not later than January 1 of each | ||
odd-numbered year, the commission shall report to the legislature | ||
its assessment of the state's ability to meet the future higher | ||
education and workforce needs of this state and its recommendations | ||
for meeting those needs, including by achieving the goals | ||
prescribed by Section 490F.006(b)(2). | ||
Sec. 490F.008. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires and the | ||
commission is abolished January 1, 2037. | ||
SECTION 2. The governor, the lieutenant governor, and the | ||
speaker of the house of representatives shall make the appointments | ||
required by Section 490F.002, Government Code, as added by this | ||
Act, not later than November 1, 2013. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2036 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2036 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2036 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |