CHAPTER 307. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE - Texas Statutes

LABOR CODE

TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT

SUBTITLE B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT;

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

CHAPTER 307. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

Sec. 307.001. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. The commission is the agency

of this state designated to cooperate with the United States

Employment Service as necessary to perform the duties of this

state under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Section 49 et seq.)

required to establish and maintain free public employment

offices.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Renumbered from Labor Code Sec. 202.081 and amended by Acts 1995,

74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 307.002. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTS. (a) To ensure

the establishment and maintenance of public employment offices

under this chapter, the executive director may enter into an

agreement with any political subdivision of the state or with a

private or nonprofit organization, including a local workforce

development board, and, as a part of the agreement, accept money,

services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment service

account.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), to establish and

maintain, or assist in the establishment and maintenance of,

public employment offices within a county or other political

subdivision of this state, the commissioners court of the county

or the governing body of the other political subdivision may

enter into agreements with the employment service on terms and

conditions agreed to by the commissioners court or other

governing body and the employment service. The county or other

political subdivision may employ means and appropriate and spend

funds as necessary to establish and operate the public employment

offices, and may provide, as part of the agreement, payment for:

(1) the rent of premises;

(2) services rendered;

(3) the purchase of equipment; and

(4) any other purpose considered advisable by the commissioners

court or other governing body.

(c) In an area in which a local workforce development board has

been certified and a local plan approved by the governor, that

board shall provide employment services in its local workforce

development area, and a person employed by the commission to

provide employment services on the day before the approved local

plan takes effect shall be given preference in employment at a

career development center administered by that board.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Renumbered from Labor Code Sec. 202.082 and amended by Acts 1995,

74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 307.003. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FINANCING. Money received by

the state under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Section 49 et

seq.) shall be deposited to the credit of the employment service

account in the general revenue fund. The money in the account may

be used by the commission as provided by this chapter and the

Wagner-Peyser Act.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Renumbered from Labor Code Sec. 203.153 and amended by Acts 1995,

74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.