Bill Text: TX HB533 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a development of a workforce investment partnership in rural areas.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB533 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB533-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Lozano, Guillen, Munoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 533 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 533: | |||
| By: Vo | C.S.H.B. No. 533 | ||
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| relating to a development of a workforce investment partnership in | ||
| rural areas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 12.0272 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.0272. RURAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT PROGRAM. (a) In | ||
| this section: | ||
| (1) "General academic teaching institution," "public | ||
| junior college," and "public technical institute" have the meanings | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (2) "Rural area" means: | ||
| (A) a county with a population of less than | ||
| 200,000; or | ||
| (B) a municipality with a population of less than | ||
| 50,000. | ||
| (b) Subject to available funding, the commissioner may | ||
| develop a rural workforce investment program to facilitate | ||
| partnerships in rural areas among school districts, public junior | ||
| colleges, public technical institutes, general academic teaching | ||
| institutions, and business and industry to promote workforce | ||
| investment plans. | ||
| (c) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
