S.B. No. 1413

	AN ACT
	relating to consolidation of annual reporting requirements of the
	Texas Workforce Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 122.022(a), Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The [On or before November 1 of each year, the]
	workforce commission shall include in the commission's
	supplemental annual report to the governor and the legislature
	under Section 301.065(c), Labor Code, a [prepare an annual]
	financial report in the form prescribed by Section 2101.011,
	Government Code, relating to the workforce commission's activities
	under this chapter [and file the report with the governor and the
	presiding officer of each house of the legislature].
	SECTION 2.  Section 301.065, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  At the time the commission submits the annual report
	under this section, the commission shall submit to the governor and
	the legislature a separate supplemental annual report consisting of
	any information required by other law to be included in the
	supplemental annual report.
	SECTION 3.  Section 302.0031(g), Labor Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(g)  The [Not later than November 1 of each year, the]
	commission, after consultation with the Texas Higher Education
	Coordinating Board, shall include in the commission's supplemental
	annual report to the legislature and the governor under Section
	301.065(c) [on]:
	(1)  the results of any grants awarded under this
	section;
	(2)  the best practices for veterans and military
	servicemembers to achieve maximum academic or workforce education
	credit at institutions of higher education for military experience,
	education, and training obtained during military service;
	(3)  measures needed to facilitate the award of
	academic or workforce education credit by institutions of higher
	education for military experience, education, and training
	obtained during military service;
	(4)  other related measures needed to facilitate the
	entry of trained, qualified veterans and military servicemembers
	into the workforce;
	(5)  the number of academic or workforce education
	semester credit hours awarded under the program and applied toward
	a degree or certification program at an institution of higher
	education during the most recent academic year, disaggregated by
	the subject area for which the credit hours are awarded; and
	(6)  the number of transfer credit hours awarded under
	the program and applied toward a degree or certification program at
	an institution of higher education during the most recent academic
	year.
	SECTION 4.  Section 302.007(a), Labor Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The commission shall include in the commission's
	supplemental [submit an] annual report to the governor and the
	legislature under Section 301.065(c) a report on the effectiveness
	of federal programs designed to provide trade adjustment assistance
	to persons in this state.
	SECTION 5.  Section 303.006(c), Labor Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c)  The commission shall include in the commission's
	supplemental annual [executive director shall] report to the
	governor and the legislature under Section 301.065(c) a report on
	[at the end of each fiscal year] the status of the program
	established under this chapter.
	SECTION 6.  Section 305.029, Labor Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	Sec. 305.029.  ANNUAL REPORT. The commission shall include
	in the commission's supplemental annual report to the governor and
	[prepare and deliver to] the legislature under Section 301.065(c) a
	[an annual] report regarding the grant program established under
	this chapter. The report shall include for the period covered by
	the report:
	(1)  the number of students who received grants under
	this chapter; and
	(2)  the number of those students who attended each
	eligible institution, including information on the race or
	ethnicity of those students attending each institution.
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1413 passed the Senate on
	March 26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1413 passed the House on
	May 14, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor