Bill Text: TX HB1939 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to a veteran's employment preference for employment with a public entity or public work of this state.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Considered in Calendars [HB1939 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1939-Comm_Sub.html

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83R9644 YDB-D
By: Orr, Moody, Miller of Fort Bend, H.B. No. 1939
Sheffield of Bell

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a veteran's employment preference for employment with a
public entity or public work of this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 657, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 657.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 657.0051. INTERVIEW REQUIRED. The individual whose
duty is to appoint or employ an applicant for an announced open
position with a public entity or public work of this state shall
offer an interview to each individual entitled to a veteran's
employment preference who applies and is qualified for the
position.
SECTION 2. Section 657.008(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A public entity shall file quarterly with the
comptroller a report that states:
(1) the percentage of the total number of employees
hired by the entity during the reporting period who are persons
entitled to a preference under this chapter;
(2) the percentage of the total number of persons
applying for employment with the entity during the reporting period
who are persons entitled to a preference under this chapter;
(3) the percentage of the total number of the entity's
employees who are persons entitled to a preference under this
chapter; and
(4) [(3)] the number of complaints filed with the
governing body of the entity under Section 657.010 during that
quarter and the number of those complaints resolved by the
governing body.
SECTION 3. Section 657.0051, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an open position with a public entity or
public work of this state for which the public entity or public work
begins accepting applications on or after the effective date of
this Act. An open position with a public entity or public work for
which the public entity or public work begins accepting
applications before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the public entity or public work began
accepting applications, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.