78R8642 T

By:  Barrientos                                                   S.B. No. 1160



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the development and implementation of personnel 
policies and procedures of state agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.452, Labor Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	(a)  Each state agency shall develop and implement personnel 
policies and procedures that comply with this chapter, including 
personnel selection procedures that incorporate a workforce 
diversity program.
	(b)  Personnel selection procedures of the following 
agencies shall 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:
		(1)  Texas Department of Criminal Justice;                             
		(2)  Texas Department of Health;                                       
		(3)  Texas Department of Human Services;                               
		(4)  Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental 
Retardation;       
		(5)  Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory 
Services;         
		(6)  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department;                              
		(7)  Texas Rehabilitation Commission; and                              
		(8)  Texas Youth Commission.                                           
	(c)  Occupational interests, behavioral characteristics, 
and thinking processes of applicants shall be measured by a 
selection instrument which conforms to federal Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission uniform guidelines on employee selection 
procedures.
	(d)  Subsections (b) and (c) apply only to entry-level 
positions.     
	(e)  Subsections (b)-(d) are effective until September 1, 
2005.       
	SECTION 2.  This act is effective September 1, 2003.