By Maxey H.B. No. 1925
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to establishment of the agency human resource center
1-3 within the office of the governor.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 6, Government Code, is amended
1-6 by adding Chapter 666 to read as follows:
1-7 CHAPTER 666. AGENCY HUMAN RESOURCE CENTER
1-8 Sec. 666.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-9 (1) "Center" means the agency human resource center.
1-10 (2) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-11 656.021.
1-12 Sec. 666.002. CENTER ESTABLISHED. The agency human resource
1-13 center is a division of the office of the governor.
1-14 Sec. 666.003. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The center shall:
1-15 (1) assist state agencies by providing information and
1-16 access to experts, and by developing model uniform policies and
1-17 procedures, in matters relating to employee issues, including:
1-18 (A) reductions in workforce;
1-19 (B) unpaid leave, voluntary leave, and sick
1-20 leave pools; and
1-21 (C) development of employee programs, including
1-22 work alternatives and employee assistance;
1-23 (2) refer state agency questions relating to personnel
1-24 matters, including the interpretation of relevant statutes, to an
2-1 appropriate state entity, including:
2-2 (A) the comptroller's office, for payroll
2-3 issues; and
2-4 (B) the Employees Retirement System of Texas or
2-5 Teacher Retirement System of Texas, as appropriate, for retirement
2-6 issues; and
2-7 (3) expand training opportunities for state employees,
2-8 coordinate agency training efforts, and facilitate, if appropriate,
2-9 training partnerships between state agencies, educational
2-10 facilities, and private businesses.
2-11 Sec. 666.004. INVESTIGATION OF COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING FOR
2-12 STATE AGENCY EMPLOYEES. (a) The center shall investigate the
2-13 fiscal implications of implementing computer-based training for
2-14 state agency employees by:
2-15 (1) requesting information, bids, or proposals to
2-16 provide computer-based training and consulting with the Council on
2-17 Competitive Government in analyzing and evaluating the information,
2-18 bids, or proposals; and
2-19 (2) conducting a survey of all state agencies to
2-20 determine existing computer hardware and computer hardware needed
2-21 for implementation of computer-based employee training.
2-22 (b) A state agency shall assist the center in the
2-23 investigation required by this section by:
2-24 (1) providing the center a copy of any bid for
2-25 implementation of employee computer-based training that the agency
2-26 receives; and
2-27 (2) participating in the survey conducted by the
3-1 center.
3-2 Sec. 666.005. PHASE-IN OF CENTER'S EMPLOYEE TRAINING DUTIES.
3-3 (a) In performing duties relating to state employee training under
3-4 Section 666.003, the center shall:
3-5 (1) survey all state agencies regarding employee
3-6 training needs during fiscal year 1996;
3-7 (2) coordinate state agency employee training efforts
3-8 during fiscal year 1997; and
3-9 (3) facilitate state agency training partnerships and
3-10 exchanges with educational facilities and private businesses during
3-11 fiscal year 1998.
3-12 (b) This section expires August 31, 1998.
3-13 Sec. 666.006. EVALUATION OF CENTER. (a) Not later than
3-14 September 1, 1997, representatives of the state auditor's office,
3-15 comptroller's office, legislative budget office, Texas Employment
3-16 Commission, and Commission on Human Rights shall prepare and submit
3-17 a report that evaluates the performance of the center. In
3-18 preparing the report, agency representatives shall consult with
3-19 state agency personnel offices and any professional associations
3-20 that have knowledge of the center's performance. Evaluation of the
3-21 center's performance shall include consideration of the number of
3-22 state agencies assisted and the percentage of those agencies that
3-23 report satisfaction with the center's performance.
3-24 (b) The report required by Subsection (a) shall be filed
3-25 with the:
3-26 (1) governor;
3-27 (2) lieutenant governor; and
4-1 (3) speaker of the house of representatives.
4-2 (c) This section expires September 2, 1997.
4-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
4-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
4-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.