Bill Text: TX HB2906 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a hiring freeze of nonessential personnel employed by certain state agencies.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Appropriations [HB2906 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2906-Introduced.html
| By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 2906 | |
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| relating to a hiring freeze of nonessential personnel employed by | ||
| certain state agencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. HIRING FREEZE. (a) This Act applies only to a | ||
| state agency in the executive branch of state government that is | ||
| eligible under law to receive an appropriation and has more than 750 | ||
| full-time equivalent employee positions. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, | ||
| during the state fiscal biennium that ends August 31, 2015, a state | ||
| agency may not: | ||
| (1) fill a full-time equivalent position that: | ||
| (A) is vacant on September 1, 2013; or | ||
| (B) becomes vacant after September 1, 2013; or | ||
| (2) divert to any other use money appropriated for the | ||
| salary, wages, or benefits attributable to a position described by | ||
| Subdivision (1) of this subsection. | ||
| (c) On September 1, 2015, the comptroller shall deposit any | ||
| unexpended money appropriated for salary, wages, or benefits for a | ||
| vacant position to which Subsection (b) of this section applies to | ||
| the credit of the fund or account from which the money was | ||
| appropriated. | ||
| (d) A state agency may fill a vacant position described by | ||
| Subsection (b) of this section and use to fill that position money | ||
| appropriated for the salary, wages, or benefits attributable to the | ||
| position only if the agency first determines that: | ||
| (1) the position is critically related to the agency's | ||
| ability to perform its core function; or | ||
| (2) the number of vacant full-time equivalent employee | ||
| positions with the agency is more than 10 percent of the total | ||
| number of full-time equivalent employee positions authorized for | ||
| the agency. | ||
| (e) If a state agency makes a determination under Subsection | ||
| (d) of this section, the agency shall: | ||
| (1) notify the governor and members of the Legislative | ||
| Budget Board of the nature of the vacancy; and | ||
| (2) provide other information relating to the vacancy | ||
| to the governor or members of the Legislative Budget Board on | ||
| request. | ||
| (f) A state agency that provides notice of a vacancy under | ||
| Subsection (e)(1) of this section is not required to provide notice | ||
| before filling a subsequent vacancy for that position. | ||
| SECTION 2. EXEMPTIONS. This Act does not apply to: | ||
| (a) The Department of Public Safety; or | ||
| (b) The Department of Criminal Justice. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2013. | ||
