Texas Labor Code - Section 306.007. Provision Of Information On State Services For Ex-Offenders And Employers
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§ 306.007. PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON STATE SERVICES FOR
EX-OFFENDERS AND EMPLOYERS. (a) To assist in the reintegration
into the labor force of persons formerly sentenced to the
correctional institutions division or committed to the Texas Youth
Commission, the commission through Project RIO shall provide:
(1) to those persons:
(A) information from local workforce development
boards on job training and employment referral services;
(B) information from the Department of State
Health Services on substance abuse treatment services;
(C) information from the Texas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs on housing services;
(D) information from the Texas Veterans
Commission on services for veterans; and
(E) information on tax refund voucher programs
under Subchapter H, Chapter 301; and
(2) to the employers and potential employers of those
persons:
(A) information from the Texas Economic
Development and Tourism Office on the enterprise zone program; and
(B) information from local workforce development
boards on services listed in Section 2308.304, Government Code.
(b) The commission shall adopt a memorandum of
understanding with each of the following agencies that establishes
the respective responsibilities of the commission and the agencies
in providing information described by Subsection (a) to persons
formerly sentenced to the institutional division or the state jail
division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to employers
or potential employers of those persons, and to local workforce
development boards:
(1) the Department of State Health Services;
(2) the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs;
(3) the Texas Veterans Commission; and
(4) the Health and Human Services Commission
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 611, § 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 217.007 and amended by
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 22.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, § 10.14, eff. Sept. 1,
2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 818, § 6.10, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1142, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 305.029 306.001 306.002 306.003 306.004 306.005 306.006 306.007 306.008 307.001 307.002 307.003 308.001 308.002 308.003
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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