By Duncan S.B. No. 491
77R1846 MCK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to strategic plans performed by state agencies.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 812.202(b), Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (b) The payment of benefits to a retiree for service
1-7 credited in the employee class of membership is not affected by the
1-8 retiree's taking[, for nine months or less within any fiscal year,]
1-9 a position included in the employee class.
1-10 SECTION 2. Chapter 2056, Government Code, is amended by
1-11 adding Section 2056.0021 to read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 2056.0021. WORKFORCE PLANNING. As part of the
1-13 strategic plan required under Section 2056.002, a state agency
1-14 shall conduct a strategic staffing analysis and develop a workforce
1-15 plan to address critical staffing and training needs of the agency,
1-16 including the need for experienced employees to impart knowledge to
1-17 their potential successors.
1-18 SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed:
1-19 (1) Section 659.0115, Government Code;
1-20 (2) Sections 812.203(a) and (b), Government Code; and
1-21 (3) Sections 2252.901(b) and (c), Government Code.
1-22 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.