SRC-JEC C.S.S.B. 1160 78(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1160
By: Barrientos
State Affairs
5/3/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

According to the Texas State Auditor's Office, the turnover rate in state
agency jobs in FY 2001 was 17.6 percent, higher than the 12 percent rate
for state governments nationally.  The estimated cost to the state of the
FY 2001 turnover was $254 million.  C.S.S.B. 1160 establishes a pilot
project requiring certain state agencies to incorporate a selection
instrument measuring jobrelated criteria into the hiring process for
entry-level positions. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 21.452, Labor Code, as follows:
 
 (a)  Creates this subsection from existing text.

(b)  Requires the personnel selection procedures of certain state agencies
to incorporate job-related objective criteria including a selection
instrument that matches job-related occupational interests, behavioral
characteristics, and thinking processes of applicants to a particular job
or class of jobs. 

(c)  Requires occupational interests, behavioral characteristics, and
thinking processes of applicants to be measured by a selection instrument
which conforms to federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission uniform
guidelines on employee selection procedures. 

 (d)  Makes Subsections (b) and (c) applicable only to entry-level
Schedule A positions. 

 (e)  Provides that Subsections (b) - (d) are effective until September 1,
2005. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.