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
  84R20419 TSR-D
 
  By: Blanco H.B. No. 1340
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1340:
 
  By:  Aycock C.S.H.B. No. 1340
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.
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