87(R) HB 2307 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	By:  White	H.B.  No.  2307

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the award of grants by the Texas Workforce Commission to
	facilitate the participation of certain veterans and military
	personnel in apprenticeship training programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
	amended by adding Section 302.00341 to read as follows:
	Sec.  302.00341.    GRANTS TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION IN
	APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS BY CERTAIN VETERANS AND MILITARY
	PERSONNEL. (a) In this section:
	(1)    "Apprenticeship training program" has the meaning
	assigned by Section 133.001, Education Code.
	(2)    "Nonprofit organization" means an organization
	exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal
	Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section
	501(c)(3) of that code.
	(b)    The commission shall develop and administer a program
	under which the commission may award grants to one or more
	nonprofit organizations that facilitate the participation in
	apprenticeship training programs of veterans and active-duty
	military service members who are transitioning into civilian
	employment.
	(c)    A grant awarded under this section may be used only to
	recruit or assist veterans or active-duty military service members
	who are transitioning into civilian employment to participate in an
	apprenticeship training program in this state.
	(d)    The commission shall adopt rules for the administration
	of this section, including rules for verifying that state funds
	awarded to a nonprofit organization under this section are being
	used appropriately.
	SECTION  2.    As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt rules under
	Section 302.00341, Labor Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.