CHAPTER 307. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
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.