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By: Howard, Geren (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) |
H.B. No. 426 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2015; |
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May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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Resources and Economic Development; May 13, 2015, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the acceptance of employment applications through the |
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online system for listing state agency employment openings |
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maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 656, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 656.002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 656.002. ONLINE STATE AGENCY EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS. |
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(a) In this section, "state agency" does not include an institution |
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of higher education or university system as defined by Section |
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61.003, Education Code. |
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(b) The online system for listing state agency employment |
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openings maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission must allow an |
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applicant for employment to complete a single state application |
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online and enter the application into an online database from which |
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the applicant may electronically send the application to multiple |
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state agencies. |
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(c) The Texas Workforce Commission shall: |
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(1) prescribe a standard electronic format for the |
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online application described by Subsection (b); and |
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(2) ensure that the commission's online system allows |
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an applicant to submit and a state agency to receive an online |
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application for state agency employment. |
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(d) A state agency shall accept an application for an |
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employment opening from the online system maintained by the Texas |
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Workforce Commission. |
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(e) This section does not prohibit a state agency from |
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accepting an application for an employment opening in a manner |
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other than the manner described by this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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