Texas Administrative Code › Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE › Part 20 - TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION › Chapter 839 - APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS - ADDITIONAL › Subchapter B - GRANTS TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION IN REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS BY CERTAIN VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL › Section 839.21 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings.
(1) Active duty--As defined under Texas
				  Occupations Code, Chapter 55, active duty means current full-time military
				  service in the armed forces of the United States or active-duty military
				  service as a member of the Texas military forces, as defined in Texas
				  Government Code, §
										437.001, or similar
				  military service of another state.
(2) Agency--The unit of state government
				  established under Texas Labor Code, Chapter 301 that is presided over by the
				  Commission and administered by the executive director to operate the integrated
				  workforce development system and administer the unemployment compensation
				  insurance program in this state as established under the Texas Unemployment
				  Compensation Act, Texas Labor Code, Title 4, Subtitle A, as amended. The
				  definition of "Agency" shall apply to all uses of the term in this
				  subchapter.
(3)
				  Assistance--Provision of services designed to promote continued participation
				  in a registered apprenticeship program by military veterans or transitioning
				  service members.
(4)
				  Commission--The body of governance of the Texas Workforce Commission composed
				  of three members appointed by the governor as established under Texas Labor
				  Code, §
										301.002,
				  that includes one representative of labor, one representative of employers, and
				  one representative of the public. The definition of Commission shall apply to
				  all uses of the term in this subchapter.
(5) Grant recipient--A nonprofit organization
				  that is awarded funding under this subchapter.
(6) Military veteran--An individual who has
				  served on active duty and who was discharged or released from active duty, as
				  defined under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 55.
(7) Nonprofit organization--An organization
				  exempt from federal income taxation under Internal Revenue Code, §501(a),
				  as an organization described by Internal Revenue Code,
				  §501(c)(3).
(8)
				  Recruitment--Provision of services to promote enrollment in a registered
				  apprenticeship program by military veterans or transitioning service
				  members.
(9) Registered
				  apprenticeship program--A training program that provides on-the-job training,
				  preparatory instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in a
				  trade that has been certified as an apprenticeable occupation by the United
				  States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, as defined under Texas
				  Education Code, Chapter 133.
(10)
				  Transitioning service member (TSM)--An individual in active duty status
				  (including separation leave) who is within 24 months of retirement or 12 months
				  of separation from military service.