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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to workforce and succession planning by state agencies. |
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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 WORKFORCE AND SUCCESSION PLAN. |
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(a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 2056.001. |
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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 the |
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workforce and succession plan under Section 2056.0021 and each |
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state agency that has failed to submit a plan under that section; |
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and |
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(2) a thorough and comprehensive summary of the types |
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and extent of workforce and succession planning completed by state |
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agencies. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2056.0021, Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2056.0021. WORKFORCE AND SUCCESSION PLANNING. (a) As |
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part of the strategic plan required under Section 2056.002, a state |
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agency shall conduct a strategic staffing analysis and develop a |
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workforce and succession plan, according to guidelines developed by |
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the state auditor, to address critical staffing and training needs |
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of the agency, including the need for experienced employees to |
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impart knowledge to their potential successors. |
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(b) The workforce and succession plan developed by a state |
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agency under Subsection (a) must include: |
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(1) provisions that: |
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(A) identify and develop mechanisms to ensure the |
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transfer of institutional knowledge from experienced and retiring |
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employees who are not appointed by the governor or the governing |
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body of the state agency to succeeding employees; and |
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(B) identify the skills and abilities necessary |
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for the development of the succeeding employees; and |
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(2) a report on the implementation of the mechanisms, |
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skills, and abilities identified and developed in the previous |
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workforce and succession plan. |
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(c) 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 workforce and succession plan as |
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required by this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |