87R1565 JES-D     By: Meza H.B. No. 412       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the creation of a low-interest loan program for   entrepreneurs with physical or mental disabilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by adding   Subtitle D to read as follows:   SUBTITLE D. ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOANS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   CHAPTER 375. ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOANS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES          Sec. 375.001.  ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOANS FOR PERSONS WITH   DISABILITIES. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Commission" means the Texas Workforce   Commission.                (2)  "Disability" means, with respect to an individual,   a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits at least   one major life activity of that individual.          (b)  The commission shall establish and administer a   low-interest loan program to support entrepreneurship among   persons with physical and mental disabilities.           (c)  The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and   donations from public and private entities to use for the purposes   of this section.          (d)  The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to   establish and administer the loan program established under this   section.          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas   Workforce Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement   Chapter 375, Labor Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.