Tex. Lab. Code § 308.002 · Chapter 308. TEXANS WORK PROGRAM
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Division" means the division of workforce development of the commission.
(2) "Employer" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.001.
(3) "JOBS training program" means the job opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) training program under Part F, Subchapter IV, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 682).
(4) "Local workforce development board" means a board created under Subchapter F, Chapter 2308, Government Code.
(5) "Program" means the Texans Work program established under this chapter.
(6) "Trainee" means a recipient of food stamps under the food stamp program administered under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, and financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, who:
(A) is eligible to participate in the JOBS training program; and
(B) receives on-the-job training through a training course offered under the program.
(7) "Training course" means a course for the development of practical employment skills that is:
(A) offered to trainees by an employer who participates in the program; and
(B) approved as required by this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.308.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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