Bill Text: TX HB3337 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to training and education for state agency administrators and employees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3337 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3337-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3337 |
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relating to training and education for state agency administrators | ||
and employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 656.043, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 656.043. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "state | ||
agency" means a department, agency, or institution of the | ||
executive, legislative, or judicial branch of [ |
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government, including an institution of higher education as defined | ||
by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 656.047, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 656.047. PAYMENT OF PROGRAM EXPENSES. (a) Except as | ||
provided by this section or other law, a [ |
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public funds as appropriate to pay the salary, tuition and other | ||
fees, travel and living expenses, training stipend, expense of | ||
training materials, and other necessary expenses of an instructor, | ||
student, or other participant in a training or education program. | ||
(b) For an administrator or employee of a state agency who | ||
seeks reimbursement for a training or education program offered by | ||
an institution of higher education or private or independent | ||
institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, | ||
Education Code, the agency may only pay the tuition expenses for a | ||
program course successfully completed by the administrator or | ||
employee at an accredited institution of higher education. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 656.048, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: | ||
(b) A state agency shall adopt rules requiring that before | ||
an administrator or employee of the agency may be reimbursed under | ||
Section 656.047(b), the executive head of the agency must | ||
authorize the tuition reimbursement payment. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 656.101, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
656.043. | ||
(1-a) "State [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 656.102, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 656.102. AGENCY POLICY. (a) Before a state agency | ||
spends any money on training for a state employee, the state agency | ||
must adopt a policy governing the training of employees, in | ||
addition to the rules required by Section 656.048, that requires | ||
training to relate to an employee's duties following the training. | ||
(b) The policy must: | ||
(1) provide clear and objective guidelines to govern | ||
tuition reimbursement for an administrator or employee of a state | ||
agency who is enrolled in training for which the administrator or | ||
employee seeks reimbursement from this state; and | ||
(2) address tuition reimbursement for nontraditional | ||
training, including online courses or courses not credited towards | ||
a degree. | ||
(c) The state agency shall post the policy adopted under | ||
this section on the employment section of the agency's Internet | ||
website. | ||
SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
training and education expenses paid by a state agency on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3337 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3337 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |