Bill Text: TX HB1340 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the placement of certain occupational specialty codes on certain notices of state agency employment openings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1340 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1340-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 1340 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1340: | |||
| By: Aycock | C.S.H.B. No. 1340 | ||
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| relating to the placement of certain occupational specialty codes | ||
| on certain notices of state agency employment openings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 654, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 654.0375 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 654.0375. OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODE IDENTIFICATION; | ||
| REPORT. (a) In this section, "occupational specialty code" means a | ||
| code, classification, designator, or rating used by a branch of the | ||
| armed forces of the United States to identify a specific job. The | ||
| term includes a military occupational specialty code, an air force | ||
| specialty code, a navy enlisted classification system, or a similar | ||
| coding or classification system. | ||
| (b) Each state fiscal biennium the classification officer | ||
| shall research and identify the applicable occupational specialty | ||
| codes that correspond to each position contained in the state's | ||
| position classification plan. | ||
| (c) The classification officer shall report the findings | ||
| under Subsection (b) in the manner provided by Section | ||
| 654.037(a)(2). | ||
| (d) The classification officer may request the assistance | ||
| of the Texas Veterans Commission in performing a duty required | ||
| under this section. The Texas Veterans Commission shall provide | ||
| the requested assistance. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 656, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 656.002 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 656.002. OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODES ON NOTICES OF | ||
| EMPLOYMENT OPENINGS. (a) In this section, "occupational specialty | ||
| code" has the meaning assigned by Section 654.0375. | ||
| (b) A state agency shall include on all forms and notices | ||
| related to a state agency employment opening the occupational | ||
| specialty codes, identified as provided by Section 654.0375, that | ||
| correspond to the employment opening if the duties of the available | ||
| position correlate with an occupational specialty assigned such a | ||
| code. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 656.023, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 656.023. JOB INFORMATION FORMS. (a) The commission | ||
| shall prescribe the forms for information from state agencies | ||
| necessary for the commission to serve as a central processing | ||
| agency for state agency job opportunities in Travis County. | ||
| (b) A form prescribed by the commission under Subsection (a) | ||
| must include space for a state agency to list an occupational | ||
| specialty code as provided by Section 656.002. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 656.002, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a form or notice relating to an employment | ||
| opening published or delivered on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A form or notice published or delivered before that date | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the form or notice was | ||
| published or delivered, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
| for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
