Bill Text: TX SR835 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 700.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR835 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR835-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 700.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR835 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR835-Introduced.html
By: Powell | S.R. No. 835 | |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | ||
House Bill 700 (the use of the skills development fund by certain | ||
entities and a study and report regarding the effectiveness of | ||
that fund) to consider and take action on the following matter: | ||
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee | ||
to add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate | ||
version of the bill by adding the following new SECTION to the | ||
bill: | ||
SECTION 4. (a) The Texas Workforce Commission shall | ||
conduct a study on and develop recommendations for increasing the | ||
effectiveness of the skills development fund established under | ||
Chapter 303, Labor Code. The recommendations must include | ||
strategies for better achieving the fund's purposes, improving | ||
outcomes, and expanding participation in the opportunities | ||
available through the fund. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1, 2020, the Texas Workforce | ||
Commission shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the | ||
chairs of the legislative committees with appropriate | ||
jurisdiction a report detailing the commission's findings and | ||
recommendations under Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
Explanation: This addition is necessary to provide for a | ||
study on and development of recommendations for increasing the | ||
effectiveness of the skills development fund established under | ||
Chapter 303, Labor Code. |