Bill Text: TX SB1351 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to transferring to the Texas Workforce Commission certain duties of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB1351 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1351-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to transferring to the Texas Workforce Commission certain duties of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB1351 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1351-Engrossed.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1351 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; | ||
April 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, | ||
Nays 0; April 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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relating to transferring to the Texas Workforce Commission certain | ||
duties of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education for | ||
Texans Grant Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 134.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivision (1) to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce | ||
Commission. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 134.002(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission [ |
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administer the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) fund as a | ||
dedicated account in the general revenue fund. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 134.003, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 134.003. ADVISORY BOARD. (a) An advisory board of | ||
education and workforce stakeholders is created to assist the | ||
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(b) The advisory board is composed of six [ |
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who serve two-year terms and are appointed as follows: | ||
(1) one member appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives; | ||
(4) one member appointed by the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board; | ||
(5) one member appointed by the commission [ |
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(6) the chair of the commission [ |
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officer. | ||
(c) The advisory board shall meet at least once each | ||
quarter, or as needed, to review received applications and | ||
recommend awarding grants under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 134.004(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission [ |
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administer the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to | ||
provide grants to public junior colleges and public technical | ||
institutes that apply to the advisory board in the manner | ||
prescribed by the advisory board. The commission [ |
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shall award the grants on the advice and recommendations of the | ||
advisory board. | ||
SECTION 5. Sections 134.006(a), (c), and (d), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission [ |
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development of new career and technical education courses or | ||
programs at public junior colleges and public technical institutes. | ||
(c) In awarding a grant under this section, the commission | ||
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returns to the state from the development of the career and | ||
technical education course or program. The commission | ||
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(1) is part of a new, emerging industry or high-demand | ||
occupation; | ||
(2) offers new or expanded dual credit career and | ||
technical educational opportunities in public high schools; or | ||
(3) is provided in cooperation with other public | ||
junior colleges or public technical institutes across existing | ||
service areas. | ||
(d) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a | ||
public junior college or public technical institute must provide | ||
matching funds in accordance with rules adopted under Section | ||
134.008. The matching funds may be obtained from any source | ||
available to the junior college or technical institute, including | ||
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foundation grants, individual contributions, and local | ||
governmental agency operating funds. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 134.008, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 134.008. RULES. The commission [ |
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adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this chapter. | ||
SECTION 7. (a) Not later than September 1, 2015: | ||
(1) the administration of the Jobs and Education for | ||
Texans Grant Program shall be transferred from the comptroller of | ||
public accounts to the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(2) all rules, forms, policies, procedures, or | ||
decisions of the comptroller that are related to the Jobs and | ||
Education for Texans Grant Program are continued in effect as | ||
rules, forms, policies, procedures, or decisions of the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission until superseded by a rule or other | ||
appropriate act of the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(3) all money, obligations, memoranda of | ||
understanding, leases, rights, and contracts, including grant | ||
agreements, of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education | ||
for Texans Grant Program are transferred to the Texas Workforce | ||
Commission, and the Texas Workforce Commission assumes, without a | ||
change in status, the position of the comptroller in all | ||
transferred contracts, including grant agreements, related to the | ||
Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program; | ||
(4) records in the custody of the comptroller related | ||
to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program are transferred | ||
to and become the property of the Texas Workforce Commission; and | ||
(5) a reference in law or administrative rule to the | ||
comptroller relating to the administration of the Jobs and | ||
Education for Texans Grant Program means the Texas Workforce | ||
Commission. | ||
(b) Before the transfer of the administration of the Jobs | ||
and Education for Texans Grant Program, the comptroller of public | ||
accounts and the Texas Workforce Commission shall coordinate the | ||
transfer of powers and duties, including records, appropriations, | ||
disbursements, compliance audits, monitoring and enforcement, and | ||
other items, to ensure a smooth transition. | ||
SECTION 8. 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, 2015. | ||
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