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By:  Barrientos, Averitt                                          S.B. No. 572
	(In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2005; March 1, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
April 7, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 7, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 572                                    By:  Lucio


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the development and implementation of personnel 
policies and procedures for certain 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)  The personnel selection procedures of the following 
agencies must incorporate job-related objective criteria, 
including a selection instrument that matches job-related 
interests, behavioral characteristics, and cognitive abilities of 
applicants to a particular job or class of jobs:
		(1)  Health and Human Services Commission;                             
		(2)  Department of State Health Services;                              
		(3)  Department of Aging and Disability Services;                      
		(4)  Department of Family and Protective Services;                     
		(5)  Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative 
Services;            
		(6)  Texas Department of Criminal Justice;                             
		(7)  Parks and Wildlife Department; and                                
		(8)  Texas Youth Commission.                                           
	(c)  The state agencies identified in Subsection (b) shall 
use a selection instrument that conforms to federal Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission uniform guidelines on employee 
selection procedures to measure the interests, behavioral 
characteristics, and cognitive abilities of applicants.
	(d)  Subsections (b) and (c) apply only to entry-level 
positions compensated under the Schedule A classification salary 
schedule.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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