By: Ellis  S.B. No. 1449
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2007; March 20, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Government Organization;
  April 12, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 12, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
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  Section 670.003, Government Code, is repealed.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.
 
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