By Raymond, et al.                                     H.B. No. 425

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the policies of state agencies regarding work and

 1-3     family issues.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 81.002(b), Labor Code, is amended to read

 1-6     as follows:

 1-7           (b)  The executive director [administrator] of the commission

 1-8     shall appoint the members of the committee, to be composed of not

 1-9     more than 12 members.  The committee must be composed of corporate,

1-10     consumer, and provider representatives from the public and private

1-11     sectors.  One member of the committee must be a representative of

1-12     the Child Care Development Board.

1-13           SECTION 2.  Chapter 81, Labor Code, is amended by adding

1-14     Section 81.009 to read as follows:

1-15           Sec. 81.009.  WORK-FAMILY FACILITATOR.  The clearinghouse may

1-16     assign an employee to serve as a work-family facilitator who shall

1-17     be responsible for assisting state agencies in developing work

1-18     policies that assist agency employees in meeting their

1-19     responsibilities to their work and to their families.

1-20           SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-21           (b)  No state agency may adopt rules or policies or take any

1-22     other action which violates the fundamental right and duty of a

1-23     parent to direct the upbringing of the parent's child.

1-24           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-1     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-2     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-3     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-4     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.