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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administrative personnel, human resources, and |
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payroll functions of state schools for persons with mental |
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retardation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 161.0521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.0521. STATE SCHOOL PERSONNEL. (a) Notwithstanding |
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Section 531.0055, Government Code, or any other law, the department |
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shall perform all administrative personnel, human resources, and |
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payroll functions for state schools and employees of state schools. |
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(b) The department shall ensure that each state school has |
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at least one on-site employee dedicated to the performance of |
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administrative personnel, human resources, and payroll functions |
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for the state school. |
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(c) The department may not contract for the performance of |
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administrative personnel, human resources, or payroll functions or |
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otherwise outsource those functions to a private person. |
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SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the Department of Aging and Disability Services |
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and the Health and Human Services Commission shall coordinate the |
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transfer of all administrative personnel, human resources, and |
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payroll functions relating to state schools in accordance with |
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Section 161.0521, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Section 161.0521, Human Resources Code, as added by this |
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Act, takes effect on the date on which the Department of Aging and |
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Disability Services and the Health and Human Services Commission |
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coordinate the transfer under Subsection (a) of this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |