80R7046 BEF-F
 
  By: Ellis S.B. No. 1449
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the human resources employee-to-staff ratio for state
agencies.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 670.002, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       Sec. 670.002.  HUMAN RESOURCES STAFFING FOR [LARGE] STATE
AGENCIES.  (a)  Each [A] state agency [with 500 or more full-time
equivalent employees] shall adjust the agency's human resources
staff to achieve a human resources employee-to-staff ratio of not
more than one human resources employee for every 85 staff members.
       (b)  A state agency with fewer than 500 full-time equivalent
employees shall implement the best practices used by state agencies
with 500 or more full-time equivalent employees to achieve and
maintain the human resources employee-to-staff ratio required
under Subsection (a).
       SECTION 2.  Section 670.003, Government Code, is repealed.
       SECTION 3.  Not later than January 1, 2008, each state agency
with fewer than 500 full-time equivalent employees shall comply
with the human resources employee-to-staff ratio requirements in
Section 670.002, Government Code, as amended by this Act.
       SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.