Sec. 304.005.  HOME OWNERSHIP COUNSELING FOR DISPLACED WORKERS.  (a)  The commission shall provide written notice in English and in Spanish of eligibility for home ownership counseling under federal law to each worker residing in this state who is eligible for home ownership counseling under 12 U.S.C. Section 1701x, as amended, and who:
(1)  is covered by a certification of eligibility for adjustment assistance under 19 U.S.C. Section 2331, as amended;  or
(2)  is threatened to become totally or partially separated, or has become totally or partially separated, from a firm that is certified eligible for adjustment assistance under 19 U.S.C. Section 2341, as amended.
(b)  The notice must contain:
(1)  a list of home ownership counseling organizations that:
(A)  receive assistance under 12 U.S.C. Section 1701x, as amended;  and
(B)  serve the area in which the worker's home is located;  or
(2)  any toll-free telephone number through which the worker can obtain the list prescribed by Subdivision (1).
(c)  A firm located in this state that has requested a certification of eligibility for adjustment assistance under 19 U.S.C. Section 2341, as amended, shall notify the commission of that request.
(d)  In this section, "firm" has the meaning assigned by 19 U.S.C. Section 2351, as amended.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 289, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.