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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the development and implementation of personnel |
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policies and procedures for certain state agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.452, Labor Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 21.452. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONNEL |
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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. (a) Each state agency shall develop and |
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implement personnel policies and procedures that comply with this |
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chapter, including personnel selection procedures that incorporate |
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a workforce diversity program. |
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(b) The personnel selection procedures of the following |
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agencies must incorporate job-related objective criteria, |
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including a selection instrument that matches job-related |
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interests, behavioral characteristics, and cognitive abilities of |
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applicants to a particular job or class of jobs: |
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(1) Health and Human Services Commission; |
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(2) Department of State Health Services; |
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(3) Department of Aging and Disability Services; |
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(4) Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(5) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative |
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Services; |
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(6) Texas Department of Criminal Justice; |
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(7) Parks and Wildlife Department; and |
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(8) Texas Youth Commission. |
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(c) The state agencies identified in Subsection (b) shall |
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use a selection instrument that conforms to federal Equal |
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Employment Opportunity Commission uniform guidelines on employee |
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selection procedures to measure the interests, behavioral |
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characteristics, and cognitive abilities of applicants. |
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(d) Subsections (b) and (c) apply only to entry-level |
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positions compensated under the Schedule A classification salary |
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schedule. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |