Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 501.163 · Subchapter D. CORPORATE POWERS AND LIMITATIONS RELATING TO PROJECTS
USE OF TAX REVENUE FOR JOB-RELATED SKILLS TRAINING BY CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a corporation the creation of which was authorized by a municipality that:
(1) has a population of 10,000 or more;
(2) is located in a county that borders:
(A) the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; or
(B) the United Mexican States and in which four municipalities with a population of 70,000 or more are located; and
(3) has, or is included in a metropolitan statistical area of this state that has, an unemployment rate that averaged at least two percent above the state average for the most recent two consecutive years for which statistics are available.
(b) A corporation may spend tax revenue received under this subtitle for job training that consists of:
(1) providing job-related life skills sufficient to enable an unemployed individual to obtain employment; and
(2) providing job training skills sufficient to enable an unemployed individual to obtain employment.
(c) A corporation to which this section applies may contract with any person to provide the job training authorized under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1283 (H.B. 1967), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 648 (S.B. 1748), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.501.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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