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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of public junior colleges to provide training to |
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state agency employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 656.049, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 656.049. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. (a) A state agency |
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may contract with another state, local, or federal department, |
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agency, or institution, including a state-supported college or |
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university, to train or educate its administrators and employees or |
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may join in presenting a training or educational program. |
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(b) A state agency may not contract with a private person to |
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train or educate a state agency administrator or employee if a |
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public junior college is able to provide training on the subject |
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matter required by the state agency in the geographic area in which |
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the state agency administrator or employee is located. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 656, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 656.050 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 656.050. TRAINING PROVIDED BY PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES. |
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(a) In providing training or education to its administrators and |
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employees, a state agency must use a public junior college to |
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provide any training or education that the college can provide at a |
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comparable level of quality but at a lower cost to the agency. |
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(b) A state agency may use a public junior college to |
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supplement or enhance the training or education provided by |
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full-time state agency employees to the agency's other employees. |
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SECTION 3. Section 656.049, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the |
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effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the |
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contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |