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Texas Labor Code - Section 306.005. Memorandum Of Understanding--Contents

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§ 306.005. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING--CONTENTS.  (a) 
The memorandum of understanding between the department and the 
commission must establish the role of:
		(1)  the correctional institutions division in 
ascertaining and encouraging an inmate's chances for employment by:
			(A)  providing vocational and educational 
assessment for the person while incarcerated;
			(B)  developing a skills enhancement program for 
the person while incarcerated, in cooperation with other 
governmental, educational, and private entities, using available 
public or private financial resources authorized by statute;  and
			(C)  referring the person on release to the 
project through the person's parole officer or supervision officer;
		(2)  the community justice assistance division and the 
parole division of the department in:
			(A)  encouraging and referring persons to the 
project;  and                
			(B)  ensuring that those persons participate in 
the project and avail themselves of its services;  and
		(3)  the commission in developing and maintaining a 
statewide network for finding positions of employment that require 
the skills possessed by project participants and in helping those 
participants to secure employment.
	(b)  The memorandum of understanding between the Texas Youth 
Commission and the commission must establish the roles of the 
institutional and community services division in the Texas Youth 
Commission and the role of the commission in the same manner the 
roles of the department and commission are established under 
Subsection (a).

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended 
by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, § 92, eff. Jan. 1, 1996;  Acts 
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, § 3.018, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 217.005 and amended by 
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 11.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 22.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1142, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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