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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a database for prospective employers to qualify |
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veterans' military service experience and employment |
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qualifications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 302, Labor Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter H to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER H. VETERAN EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE DATABASE |
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Sec. 302.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "veteran" |
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has the meaning assigned by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(2). |
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Sec. 302.202. DATABASE. (a) The commission shall develop |
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and maintain or make available a web-based searchable database |
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through which prospective employers may qualify a veteran's: |
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(1) military service experience; and |
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(2) employment qualifications related to specific |
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skills. |
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(b) The database must allow the conversion of a veteran's |
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military service experience into the approximate equivalent |
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civilian employment experience and skills that the veteran |
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possesses by virtue of that service. |
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(c) The database may not collect, retrieve, store, or use |
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any identifying information of a veteran. In this subsection, |
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"identifying information" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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32.51, Penal Code. |
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Sec. 302.203. RULES. The commission may adopt rules to |
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implement this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall develop and |
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maintain or make available the veteran employment experience |
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database as required by Subchapter H, Chapter 302, Labor Code, as |
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added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |