Bill Text: TX HB3547 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a voluntary veteran's employment preference for private employers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3547 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3547-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3547 |
|
||
relating to a voluntary veteran's employment preference for private | ||
employers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Chapter 23 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 23. VOLUNTARY VETERAN'S EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE FOR PRIVATE | ||
EMPLOYERS | ||
Sec. 23.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "veteran" means | ||
an individual who: | ||
(1) has served on active duty in the armed forces of | ||
the United States; and | ||
(2) was honorably discharged from military service. | ||
Sec. 23.002. VOLUNTARY PREFERENCE POLICY. (a) A private | ||
employer may adopt a policy under which the employer may give a | ||
preference in employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or | ||
retention to a veteran over another qualified applicant or | ||
employee. | ||
(b) A policy adopted under this section must be in writing. | ||
Sec. 23.003. APPLICATION OF POLICY. (a) A private employer | ||
shall apply any policy adopted under this chapter reasonably and in | ||
good faith in employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or | ||
retention during a reduction in the employer's workforce. | ||
(b) A private employer may require appropriate | ||
documentation from a veteran for the veteran to be eligible for the | ||
preference under a policy adopted under this chapter. | ||
(c) Granting a preference in accordance with a policy | ||
adopted under this chapter does not violate Chapter 21. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an employment decision made on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. An employment decision made before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the decision | ||
was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 12, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |