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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas Workforce Commission to use |
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certain unemployment compensation funds for reemployment |
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activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 203.025, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) or any other |
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provision of this subtitle or other law, the commission, under an |
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agreement with or waiver by the United States secretary of labor, |
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may use money requisitioned from this state's account in the |
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federal trust fund to conduct demonstration projects for the |
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reemployment of unemployed individuals in the manner prescribed by |
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that agreement or waiver and consistent with any applicable |
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requirements under federal law. The commission shall provide to the |
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legislative standing committees with primary jurisdiction over the |
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commission any evaluation reports required by the United States |
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Department of Labor for a reemployment demonstration project. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3005 was passed by the House on May |
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10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 13, 9 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3005 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |