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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period in which a public entity, public work, or |
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state agency must respond to a complaint filed by a person entitled |
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to an employment preference. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 657.010(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The governing body of a public entity or public work |
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that receives a written complaint under Subsection (a) shall |
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respond to the complaint at the next meeting of the governing body |
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for which notice has not yet been posted, which must be held not |
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later than the 30th [15th] business day after the date the governing |
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body receives the complaint. The governing body may render a |
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different hiring decision than the decision that is the subject of |
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the complaint if the governing body determines that the veteran's |
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preference was not applied. |
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SECTION 2. Section 672.004(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The governing body of a state agency that receives a |
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written complaint under Subsection (a) shall respond to the |
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complaint at the next meeting of the governing body for which notice |
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has not yet been posted, which must be held not later than the 30th |
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[15th] business day after the date the governing body receives the |
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complaint. The governing body may render a different hiring |
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decision than the decision that is the subject of the complaint if |
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the governing body determines that the employment preference under |
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this chapter was not applied. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a complaint filed under Section 657.010 or 672.004, Government |
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Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A complaint filed |
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under Section 657.010 or 672.004, Government Code, before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the complaint was filed, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |