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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring state agencies to develop written succession |
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plans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 321.024 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 321.024. STATE AGENCY'S SUCCESSION PLAN. (a) In this |
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section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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651.011. |
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(b) The State Auditor shall include in the State Auditor's |
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annual report on classified employee turnover: |
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(1) a list of each state agency that has submitted a |
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written succession plan under Section 651.011 to the State Auditor |
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and each state agency that has failed to submit a written succession |
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plan under that section; and |
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(2) a thorough and comprehensive summary of the types |
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and extent of succession planning completed by state agencies. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 651.011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 651.011. SUCCESSION PLAN. (a) In this section, "state |
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agency" means a department, board, commission, or other agency in |
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the executive branch of state government. The term does not include |
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an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code. |
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(b) A state agency shall develop a written succession plan: |
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(1) identifying and developing mechanisms to ensure |
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the transfer of institutional knowledge from experienced and |
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retiring employees who are not appointed by the governor or the |
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governing body of the state agency to succeeding employees; and |
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(2) identifying the skills and abilities necessary for |
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the development of the succeeding employees. |
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(c) At least annually, the state agency shall update the |
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written succession plan developed under Subsection (b). The updated |
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written succession plan must include a report on the implementation |
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of the mechanisms, skills, and abilities identified and developed |
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in the previous written succession plan. |
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(d) A state agency shall include in the state agency's |
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legislative appropriations request a provision stating whether the |
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state agency has developed a written succession plan as required by |
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Subsection (b). |
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(e) Not later than September 1 of each year, a state agency |
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shall submit the written succession plan required under Subsection |
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(b) to the state auditor and post the written succession plan on the |
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state agency's Internet website. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than September 1, 2018, a state agency |
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under Section 651.011, Government Code, as added by this Act, shall |
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submit the agency's initial succession plan as required by that |
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section. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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