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House Bill 1043 |
House Author: Orr et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 1043 amends the Government Code to entitle an individual 25 years of age or younger who was under the permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services on the day preceding the individual's 18th birthday to a preference in employment with a state agency over other applicants for the same position who do not have a greater qualification. The bill makes its provisions inapplicable to the position of private secretary or deputy of an official or department or to an individual holding a strictly confidential relation to the employing officer. An individual entitled to an employment preference who is aggrieved by a decision of a state agency relating to hiring the individual, or relating to retaining the individual if the state agency reduces its workforce, may appeal the decision by filing a written complaint with the governing body of the state agency. The governing body must respond not later than the 15th business day after the date it receives the complaint. The governing body may render a different hiring decision if the governing body determines that the employment preference was not applied. The bill adds an individual who was under the permanent managing conservatorship of the department on the day preceding the individual's 18th birthday to the individuals who are considered to be economically disadvantaged for purposes of local incentives under the Texas Enterprise Zone Act.