1-1 By: Raymond, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 425
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 1997;
1-3 April 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 13, Nays 0; May 18, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the policies of state agencies regarding work and
1-9 family issues.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 81.002(b), Labor Code, is amended to read
1-12 as follows:
1-13 (b) The executive director [administrator] of the commission
1-14 shall appoint the members of the committee, to be composed of not
1-15 more than 12 members. The committee must be composed of corporate,
1-16 consumer, and provider representatives from the public and private
1-17 sectors. One member of the committee must be a representative of
1-18 the Child Care Development Board.
1-19 SECTION 2. Chapter 81, Labor Code, is amended by adding
1-20 Section 81.009 to read as follows:
1-21 Sec. 81.009. WORK-FAMILY FACILITATOR. The clearinghouse may
1-22 assign an employee to serve as a work-family facilitator who shall
1-23 be responsible for assisting state agencies in developing work
1-24 policies that assist agency employees in meeting their
1-25 responsibilities to their work and to their families.
1-26 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-27 (b) No state agency may adopt rules or policies or take any
1-28 other action which violates the fundamental right and duty of a
1-29 parent to direct the upbringing of the parent's child.
1-30 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-31 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-32 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-33 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-34 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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