83R9644 YDB-D
 
  By: Orr H.B. No. 1939
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a veteran's employment preference for employment with a
  public entity or public work of this state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 657, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 657.0051 to read as follows:
         Sec. 657.0051.  INTERVIEW REQUIRED.  The individual whose
  duty is to appoint or employ an applicant for an announced open
  position with a public entity or public work of this state shall
  offer an interview to each individual entitled to a veteran's
  employment preference who applies and is qualified for the
  position.
         SECTION 2.  Section 657.008(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A public entity shall file quarterly with the
  comptroller a report that states:
               (1)  the percentage of the total number of employees
  hired by the entity during the reporting period who are persons
  entitled to a preference under this chapter;
               (2)  the percentage of the total number of persons
  applying for employment with the entity during the reporting period
  who are persons entitled to a preference under this chapter;
               (3)  the percentage of the total number of the entity's
  employees who are persons entitled to a preference under this
  chapter; and
               (4) [(3)] the number of complaints filed with the
  governing body of the entity under Section 657.010 during that
  quarter and the number of those complaints resolved by the
  governing body.
         SECTION 3.  Section 657.0051, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to an open position with a public entity or
  public work of this state for which the public entity or public work
  begins accepting applications on or after the effective date of
  this Act. An open position with a public entity or public work for
  which the public entity or public work begins accepting
  applications before the effective date of this Act is governed by
  the law in effect on the date the public entity or public work began
  accepting applications, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.