Tex. Lab. Code § 303.001 · Chapter 303. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND
PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative barriers that impede the response of public community and technical colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to industry and workforce training needs and to develop incentives for public community and technical colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to provide customized assessment and training in a timely and efficient manner.
(b) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Assessment" means the evaluation of an employer's workforce needs and requirements.
(2) "Community-based organization" means a private nonprofit organization, including a development corporation and faith-based organization, that:
(A) provides for education, vocational education, rehabilitation, job training, or internship services or programs; and
(B) is exempt from the payment of federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments, by being listed as an exempt entity under Section 501(c)(3) of that code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 153, Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1120, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 700), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 89 (S.B. 856), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.303.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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