BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1340 |
By: Blanco |
Defense & Veterans' Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note that the Texas Workforce Commission serves as the central processing agency for certain job vacancies and placements with the state and that this service is performed as an effort to increase employment opportunities, including opportunities for veterans of the armed forces. It is further noted that in 2014 only a small percentage of state employees were veterans, and it has been suggested that including in state job postings information about military experience applicable to the posted job might increase the number of veterans hired. C.S.H.B. 1340 seeks to improve the opportunities for veterans to obtain jobs with the state.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1340 amends the Government Code to require the classification officer in the office of the state auditor, each state fiscal biennium, to research and identify the applicable occupational specialty codes, defined by the bill as codes, classifications, designators, or ratings used by a branch of the U.S. military to identify a specific job, including military occupational specialty codes, air force specialty codes, navy enlisted classification systems, or similar coding or classification systems, that correspond to each position contained in the state's position classification plan and to report the findings in the manner provided by the Position Classification Act. The bill authorizes the classification officer to request the assistance of the Texas Veterans Commission in performing a duty required under the bill's provisions relating to such a report and requires the commission to provide the requested assistance.
C.S.H.B. 1340 requires a state agency to include on all forms and notices related to a state agency employment opening the applicable occupational specialty codes that correspond to the employment opening if the duties of the available position correlate with an occupational specialty assigned such a code and requires a form prescribed by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) for information from state agencies necessary for the TWC to serve as a central processing agency for state agency job opportunities in Travis County to include space for a state agency to list such an occupational specialty code.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1340 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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