By:  Barrientos                                                   S.B. No. 1160
	(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2003; March 17, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 5, 2003, 
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the 
following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 5, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1160                                   By:  Ellis


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:       
	Sec. 21.452.  DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONNEL 
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.  (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)  Department of Protective and Regulatory Services;                 
		(3)  Parks and Wildlife Department; and                                
		(4)  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 
Schedule A positions.
	(e)  Subsections (b)-(d) are effective until September 1, 
2005.       
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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