By: Barrientos S.B. No. 846
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annual reports of the efficiency of officers
commissioned by the Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 411.007, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(d) At least annually the heads of the divisions and
bureaus, after due investigation, shall make a report to the
director of the efficiency of each employee within the division or
bureau. These reports shall be kept in the department's permanent
files and shall be given proper consideration in all matters of
promotion and discharge. If the employee is an officer
commissioned by the department, the officer's immediate supervisor
shall prepare an initial report of the officer's efficiency and
present that report to the officer for review and comment. After
the officer has been given a reasonable opportunity to review the
report and attach additional written information or comments, the
department shall require the officer to forward the report,
together with any written information or comments added by the
officer, to the officer's next immediate supervisor. A supervisor
at each intermediate level of supervision of the officer may review
the report and either concur in the evaluations and decisions made
by the officer's immediate supervisor or supplement the report by
providing additional information or comments. Any additional
information or comments provided by the officer or a supervisor of
the officer must be kept with the report in the department's
permanent files and be given appropriate consideration as part of
the report in all matters related to promotion and discharge of the
officer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.