78R5661 KEG-F

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.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.007(d), 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 shall 
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.